The PILATES theme of the week is THE PELVIC FLOOR: Take a look at the 16 second 3D video below to show the anatomy of the pelvic floor: THE PELVIC FLOOR The pelvic floor is made up of sheets of muscle within the pelvis that run from the tail bone to the pubic...
The PILATES theme of the week is THE TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS MUSCLE: The transverse abdominis muscle is your natural girdle or corset. Transverse means across and abdominis comes from the Latin word abdere which means to stow away. From this we can deduce...
The PILATES theme of the week is BREATHING: No apology for doing this again as it is fundamental to all Pilates exercises. In Pilates we inhale through the nose and exhale through pursed lips to emphasise the activation of the core muscles When we inhale deeply into...
The PILATES theme of the week is 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: We have 2 videos for you to try over the Christmas break which have 12 exercises each. There are easier and more difficult exercises in each video – Gaby on the right performs the easier versions and Jo...
The PILATES theme of the week is THE SERIES OF 5 ABDOMINAL WORKOUT: There is a warm up and other exercises as well as The Series of 5 Abdominal Workout. (20 minutes). The 5 exercises in the series are: Single leg stretch Double leg stretch Scissors Criss-cross The...
