Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast: Episodes
Push Up w/ Roll Down, one leg is a variation of the original Pilates exercise Push Up. In this variation, stabilization is challenged as everything occurs on one leg! So you’ll strengthen your core and tone your arms, butt, back and legs all at the same time! Please visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com ...
Shoulder Bridge Challenge is a variation of the classical Pilates exercise Shoulder Bridge. By changing the position, the hip extensors are targeted more and the shoulder girdle stabilizers are challenged. You will flatten your abs, tone your legs and bum and strengthen your core! Please visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com ...
Control Balance is an original Pilates exercise that challenges abdominal strength and helps tone and flatten the abs! Be sure to keep your weight balanced between your shoulder blades, not on your neck and head! You’ll target your abdominal muscles more by staying off of your head! Please ...
Revolving Plank can be considered a hybrid of the classical Pilates exercises Leg Pull Front and Side Bends! You’ll strengthen your core as you stabilize your body in long plank and side plank positions. This is a great exercise for toning the abdominal muscles, the leg and butt muscles and ...
Windmill is a variation of the classical Pilates exercise Scissors. In the original Pilates repertoire, Windmill occurs on the arc barrel, so for those who want to challenge their abdominal strength and stability, it is a great Pilates mat exercise! Be sure to concentrate on stability of the pelvis ...
Push Up with Roll Down is an original Pilates exercise that works the entire body, flattening the abs, strengthening the core and toning the arms. Don’t forget about the role of your legs and butt muscles in stabilizing the pelvis while doing push ups! Please visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com and ...
Side Body Twist is an original Pilates exercise that occurs on the Cadillac and the Chair — and we’ve just made a mat version of it! Side Body Twist will strengthen and tone the abdominal muscles, especially the obliques, and increase core strength. Timing is important in this exercise, ...
Do you think your core is strong? Then take this 3 minute core strength test with us! This test was designed by a man named Brian Mackenzie, a senior athletics coach in the United Kingdom, and we like to call it the core challenge test because it is extremely challenging! You’ll feel [...]
This version of the original Pilates exercise Teaser challenges core strength, abdominal endurance and balance. Be careful not to lower the legs too much, as this could jeopardize the safety of the lower back. Keep your abdominal muscles pulled flat to the front wall of the spine and don’t let ...
Boomerang is an original Pilates workout that challenges…everything! Core strength, balance, leg and abdominal strength will all be tested as the exercise takes you from seated flexion to inversion to Teaser position! You will tone your abdominal muscles and build core strength in no time with ...
The Side Kick Kneeling is an original Pilates exercise that challenges stability of the spine in neutral. This exercises strenthens and tones the abdominal muscles, sculpts the muscles of the legs and increases core strength. Visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com and www.Shop.PilatesOnFifth.com for more info. ...
The Swan Dive Rocking is the original Pilates Swan Dive exercise as Pilates himself designed it! All of the previous Swan Dives have led up to this one. The challenge lies in maintaining even extension of the spine throughout the exercise and using the erector spinae, the hip extensors and the breath to [...]
Scissors in the Air is a classical Pilates exercise that strengthens the core and tones the back of the legs, the butt and the abdominal muscles. Focusing on the leg that is reaching into extension and concentrating on an even split of the of the legs targets the gluteus maximus and hamstrings and challenges [...]
The Leg Pull is a classical Pilates exercise that strengthens the core, the hip flexors and the hip extensors. Keeping the abdominal muscles and the hip extensors contracted equally is important to stabilize the pelvis against movement of the leg. You’ll get lean legs, strong abs and fabulous ...
Bicycles in the Air is a very challenging classical Pilates exercise that strengthens the abdominal muscles, the hip extensors and hip flexors. Keep the flexed leg parallel to the floor (don’t allow it to drop towards the face) and focus on reaching the opposite leg into as much extension as possible ...
The Corkscrew is a classical Pilates exercise that strengthens the abdominal muscles and increases flexibility of the spine. It is very important in this exercise to keep the spine rolling along the same imaginary line with the weight traveling along one side of the back and then the other. Don’t ...
The Core Challenge in Ten is part of our Pilates in Ten series which utilizes classical Pilates exercises and variations of original exercises to strengthen your core and your abdominal muscles. Performing this series regularly will flatten and tone your abdominal muscles, improve your posture and strengthen ...
Rocking is a classical Pilates exercise that challenges spinal flexibility in extension. This exercise should be avoided by those who experience knee pain or back pain — or those who can’t reach their ankles to start. Be careful not to use the head and neck to start the movement. Instead, ...
Jack Knife is a classical Pilates exercise that strengthens the abdominal muscles and challenges the core. Jack Knife builds on the Roll Over by adding extension of the legs to the ceiling, and maintaining the position of the legs as high as possible above the torso while rolling down to the starting ...
The Twist is a Classical Pilates exercise that challenges core strength and shoulder stability. The abdominal muscles work to move the spine through flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotation to create flatter abs and a flexible spine. Make sure you are comfortable with the Side Bend exercise ...