Mpira wambiri wa raba wokhala ndi thupi labwino unayambitsidwa ndi Joseph Pilates, yemwe anali dokotala wa ku Europe. Poyamba, mpirawo unkafunikila kuti azichita masewera olimbitsa thupi panthawi yachisokonezo. Joseph Pilates anapempha odwala ake kuti apite ku mpira ndi kulumphira. Dokotala adanena kuti machitachita oterewa amapereka thupi lofunikira pa nthawi yovuta kwambiri ndikubwezeretsanso ziwalo. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti ngakhale ataphunzitsidwa kwambiri mpira, kuvulala kwa wodwalayo sikudakhudzidwe mwa njira iliyonse.
Otsatira amakono a Joseph Pilates amalimbikitsa kuchita masewera olimbitsa mpirawo kuti apititse patsogolo mawondo, msana, kumbuyo. Kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi, chida ichi cha maphunziro chinapambana gulu lonse la mafani. M'makampani ambiri olimbitsa thupi, makasitomala amapatsidwa maseŵera olimbitsa thupi ndi mpira kuti azisangalala. Ndipo anthu ena amadzigulira mpira wa masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti azisamalira thupi lawo. Maphunziro pa mpira kuti akhale oyenerera akhoza kukopa chiwerengerocho, kuchotseratu kulemera kwambiri ndi nthawi zonse kukhala bwino.
"Kodi mpira wa matsenga ukugwira ntchito bwanji?" - funso ili limakhudza ambiri atsopano. Zoonadi, pachiyambi zingamveke kukhala ndi kudumphira pa mpira sikungapangitse zotsatira zovuta. Madokotala akulongosola kuti pa nthawi yokhala pabwalo kumbuyo kumakhala kosasuntha. Ichi ndi chifukwa chakuti kumbuyo uko kulibe kuthandizira kumbuyo, ndipo mpira ukuyenda. Choncho, pokhala pa mpira wathanzi, minofu ya kumbuyo imalimba, ndipo msana ukugwirizana. Pamene mpira ukugwedezeka, magulu onse a minofu amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuti awononge munthuyo. Minofu yonse ya thupi imakhala yosiyana, yomwe imachita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndi thupi kuti likhale labwino kwambiri poletsa kupweteka kumbuyo ndi m'magulu. Zochita izi ndi zothandiza makamaka kwa anthu omwe amakhala ndi moyo wokhazikika. Pa masewera olimbitsa thupi, muyenera kugwira ntchito nthawi zonse ndi thupi lonse kuti mukhalebe. Ngakhale zozoloŵera zosavuta zingaoneke zovuta chifukwa cha kuyenda kwa mpira. Kuyambira panthawi yophunzitsidwa, makina opangidwa ndi makina amaphunzitsidwa bwino, minofu ndi miyendo, kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndi mpira kuti mukhale oyenerera, amakulolani kuchotsa mapaundi owonjezera panthawi yochepa. Ndipo kwa amayi ambiri, mpira wathanzi ndi wothandizira kwambiri polimbana ndi cellulite.
Funso lotsatirali, lomwe limakhudza aliyense amene atsimikiza kuyamba ndi mpira kunyumba - ndi "Momwe mungasankhire mpira kuti mukhale wathanzi?". Bhola kuti likhale labwino likhoza kukhala losiyana-siyana - kuyambira masentimita 55 mpaka masentimita 85. Kukula kwa mpira kuti mukhale wathanzi kumatsimikiziridwa ndi kukula kwa munthu amene adzaphunzitse:
- Masentimita 55 - kwa anthu okhala ndi masentimita 150;
- 65 cm - kwa anthu omwe akukula kuchokera pa masentimita 150 mpaka masentimita 170;
- 75 cm - kwa anthu omwe akukula kuyambira 170 cm mpaka 190 cm;
- Masentimita 85 - kwa anthu okhala ndi msinkhu pamwamba pa 190 masentimita.
Phunziro pa mpira, munthu ayenera kumangoyenda pansi. Pankhaniyi, mawondo ayenera kulowera kumbali yolondola. Izi ndizo zizindikiro zazikulu zomwe mpira wathanzi umagwirizana moyenera.
Mpaka lero, mpira wa thupi (fitball) umagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pa masewera olimbitsa thupi kwa amayi apakati. Kuchita bwino kwa amayi apakati ndi mpira kukulolani kuti mukonzekere bwino kubadwa kwa minofu ya m'mimba.
Palinso mtundu wina wa mpira - mpira wodzaza masewera olimbitsa thupi. Bulu ili liri ndi zolakwika pamtunda wonse. Panthawi yochita maseŵera olimbitsa thupi, izi zimapangitsa kuti thupi likhale lopweteka, komanso kuti zotsatira zake zimapindulitsa pulogalamu yamanjenje. Mpira wathanzi ndiwothandiza kwambiri kuti mukhale ndi thanzi labwino. Ngakhale kugwiritsira ntchito nyumba yake mmalo mwa mpando, posachedwapa mudzapeza kusintha kwakukulu kwabwino.