EP 81: Push Up W/ Roll Down, One Leg (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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! Visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com
EP 80: Shoulder Bridge Challenge (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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. Please visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com
EP 79: Control Balance (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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! http://www.PilatesOnFifth.com
EP 78: Revolving Plank (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
This is a great exercise for toning the abdominal muscles, the leg and butt muscles and the arm muscles. Basically, every muscle in your body participates in this fun twist on classical Pilates! Please visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com
EP 77: Windmill (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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! www.PilatesOnFifth.com
EP 76: Push Up W/ Roll Down (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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. Visit: www.PilatesOnFifth.com and www.Shop.PilatesOnFifth.com.
EP 75: Side Body Twist (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
Side Body Twist will strengthen and tone the abdominal muscles, especially the obliques, and increase core strength. Timing is important in this exercise, so don't give up on the first try! Visit: www.PilatesOnFifth.com and www.Shop.PilatesOnFifth.com.
EP 74: Core Strength Test! (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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! Visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com
EP 73: Teaser With Legs Lowering and Lifting (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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 the abs pop when the legs lower! Visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com for more info.
EP 72: Boomerang (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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 Boomerang! www.PilatesOnFifth.com
EP 71: Side Kick Kneeling (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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.
EP 70: the Swan Dive Rocking (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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. Visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com/video and www.Shop.PilatesOnFifth.com for more info.
EP 69: Scissors in the Air (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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. Visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com and www.Shop.PilatesOnFifth.com for more info.
EP 68: Leg Pull (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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. www.PilatesOnFifth.com
EP 67: Bicycles in the Air (Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast)
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 without extending the spine. Visit www.PilatesOnFifth.com for more info.