Pilates Mat Exercises and Order

What do you need to have a Pilates space at home? How do you build your home Pilates studio? How much space do you need? What are the essentials? Let’s dive into what the best strategies are for creating your own personal Pilates space.

Hello Pilatinis®! Take this online equipment workout with LL for a 50 min Cadillac/Tower workout and stay for a 30 min Q&A with those who attended live. Special discount for OPC members. Check your dashboard and look for the Perks tab!

Most of us have a Short Box (aka Long Box,) but aside from doing a few exercises on this box when we do our Reformer it just takes up space and hangs out against the wall. Well in this month’s workout, we are going to pull that box out of the corner and use it for a full workout. Yep, and entire 50 min workout on our Long/Short box! You ready?

Working out at home or your office is super convenient! And if you want to get a few props they really don’t take up more space than your desk drawer or bin can handle.

How can you get started with Pilates? Start with these 5 exercises!

Hey there, you’re a Rock Star, let’s put some attention and focus on our open leg rocker this week. If you have some light weights, we will use them for a few exercises on the Mat. On the Reformer, we’ll enjoy how so much of our Reformer practice is helping your open leg rocker!

See you in class,

xx-LL

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This workshop is more than “beginner exercises.” In fact, we won’t spend a lot of time on the levels or order. So it doesn’t matter where you are in your Pilates or teaching practice. Or, even your Pilates background. Bring yourself, your notebook and your Cadillac questions!

How can you create a workout for yourself on your chair whether you are a teacher or not? Here’s how I create all my Wunda Chair workouts:

I first fell in love with Pilates on the Mat! I did Pilates almost every day for one hour for a year and a half on the Mat. I couldn’t get enough of it. And, then I discovered the Reformer. And I became OBSESSED! But, I didn’t have a Reformer and it’s not like Pilates equipment classes are affordable enough to go to like a Mat class. I wanted to find ways to get more Reformer in my life without having to go out and get a Reformer. 

Have you ever been stuck at work, stuck in traffic, low on funds, had too much to do, or simply forgotten? Yeah, me either! HA! In all seriousness, Pilates works best when done multiple times a week. But, let’s be real, you’re busy, classes and teachers are not always available when you are and there are times when money for Pilates doesn’t grow on trees.

This workshop is more than “beginner exercises.” In fact, we won’t spend a lot of time on the levels or order. So it doesn’t matter where you are in your Pilates or teaching practice. Or, even your Pilates background. Bring yourself, your notebook and your Cadillac questions!

It’s no secret that Mat Pilates is one of the best and toughest of all the Pilates apparatus. Yep, I think the Mat is a piece of Pilates equipment. It’s also what Joseph Pilates created first and wanted people to do every day. Until he realized just how hard it was! But, you don’t have to be an old pro to get down with the Pilates Mat. The Mat work will meet you where you are in your fitness level and Pilates practice. So, why don’t we make the Mat something you can do on a rainy day, busy day or even a sunny day on the beach?

Having trouble getting your Pilates Peach up and over? In this workshop we will go over exercises that you can do to help teach your body (or another body) to get those hips up. Also, we’ll go over a progression of “overhead” exercises. Learn building blocks to “advanced” exercises like Overhead, Roll Over, High Frogs, Control Balance and more. Bring your inversion exercise questions with you!

We will go over tips for those who don’t have access to other equipment as well as options for if you do! After this workshop, you (those you teach) will see possibility for standing on your shoulders and getting that bottom up!

It seems like every time you turn around there is a new study out there on how often you should be working out. I read one the other day that said just 10 minutes a day five days a week! Ok, here’s the thing, I’m not sure the exact amount of time you should be working out.