Full body dynamic Pilates class | Pilates Live

A dynamic Pilates workout blending balance, strength, and classic mat work to challenge and energise throughout

Difficulty: Moderate
Length: 49 minutes

This is a mat-based class working a range of different muscle groups throughout the body for a full body workout. The class begins in standing then continues onto our fronts, onto our backs, sides and finish into sitting. With all the exercises in the class, please always remember to work to a level that you feel safe and comfortable to do.

This class includes:

Standing Toy soldier
Heel raises with shoulder row
Squats with arm pulses
Standing clam
Standing scissors and leg stretch
Side plie squats
Standing scooter
Roll down
One leg kick
Cobra stretch
Swimming
Child pose
Side lying clam
Toe taps forward and back
Arm opening
Hip twist with arm opening
Scissors with abo prep
One leg stretch
Bridge marching legs
Hundreds
Rotation stretch
Glute and hamstring stretch
Sitting ‘Y’ stretch, spine twist and tree hug

The class begins in standing warming up through our arms and legs with a toy soldier, heel raises with shoulder row movement and squats with arm pulses. We then continue to strengthen into our legs with a standing clam and scissor movements and side plie squats. We also challenge our balance and muscle control with a standing scooter movement. We then mobilise our spines with some roll downs and then move down onto our fronts on the mat.

On our fronts we strength our glutes with some alternate leg lifts and then a one leg kick movement. We also stretch our spines into extension with a cobra stretch. Moving onto our sides we engage and strengthen our glute muscles further with a clam and toe taps forward and back. Then stretch our upper spine with an arm opening stretch. We then move onto our backs on the mat and engage our core and abdominals with a hip twist with arm opening movement, scissors and one leg stretch. We then challenge our bridge movement with some marching legs and the endurance of our abdominals with a hundred exercise. We then cool down with a rotation stretch, glute and hamstring stretch. Finishing the class in sitting with a ‘Y’ stretch, spine.

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