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Great anytime Pilates class including a range of exercises to work throughout the body

Difficulty: Moderate
Length: 31 minutes

This is a mat-based class which includes a range of exercises to work throughout the body. The class begins in standing, into four-point kneeling and onto our backs. Please always work to a level that you feel safe and comfortable to do, particular on the more challenging exercise sequences.

This class includes:

Standing book opener
Y stretch with heel raises
Standing scissors and hip twist
Squats with pulses
Side plie with side bend
Roll downs
Four-point kneeling cat stretch
Tricep dips
Fire hydrants
Child pose stretch
Scapula isolations with arm scissors
Arm cricles to abdo prep
Scissors
Hundreds
Glute and hamstring stretches
Sitting – mermaid stretch

The class begins in standing warming up through our arms with a book opener and Y stretch. We then work into our les with a combined standing scissors and hip twist movements and then into squats. We then mobilise through the spine with a side plie with side bend and roll downs.

Moving into four-point kneeling we continue to work both our arms and legs with some triceps dips, fire hydrants and leg kicks. Then come down onto our backs onto the mat and work on some upper body movement control with some scapula isolations and arm scissors. We then continue with some arm circles and bring in some abdo prep movement. We then challenge our core and abdominals with scissors and hundreds exercises.

We then coold down with a rotation stretch, glute and hamstring stretches. Finishing the class into sitting with chest opening and mermaid stretch.

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