Kobe Bryant demonstrates one handed Pilates Push-Up while dribbling a basketball for Beijing Olympic fans ;-)
Kobe Bryant, like so many others Olympic Athletes who have tried Pilates, like the results they get. Just by looking at Bryant, you can tell he is in the best shape of his life. He’s dropped eighteen pounds, has totally revised his diet, and now travels with his own personal Pilates instructor.
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Bryant is known to set up a Pilates reformer in his room and workout out on the Pilates reformer and compare notes about the intricacies of the Reformer workout with his teammates Olympic Superstar Jason Kidd. Bryant bragged about wearing out Kidd’s ass on the Reformer. |
| Kidd, who is also a Pilates buff has been doing Pilates for quite some time. He credits Pilates for helping him play long and strong in the NBA.
Left: Kid works out on his Pilates Reformer at his home gym. |
Another Olympic Basketball sensation is LeBaron James Who has been known to “throw up the ROC” during his teams clutch performances. When asked what does it mean? James replied: “It’s a Pilates move. I can never remember the names of all the moves, so I just give them my own names, such as “Jesus H” and “no way in hell.” Anyway, there’s one exercise on the reformer — I think the original name is shaving or shave to the head or something like that.
Olympic Pilates Basketball Stars Kobe Bryant-Jason Kidd-Lebron James watch fellow Olympian Michael Phelps launched his bid for Olympic immortality.
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