Alternating arms forward extension is just a great way to get the shoulder blades to the shoulder girdles to stabilize and start learning how to stay down where they are supposed to so your shoulders are not looking like this and your neck and your upper back area hurts when you do that So when you get on the ball ...
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Pilates Free Weight Arm Exercises : Pilates Free Weight Exercise: Over the Shoulder
The next two exercises are really good for tennis players and for other people of course What they involve is shoulder stabilization while we are raising the arm so in a tennis swing when you come back to do your back stroke and come forward the thing that is most important is when you do that shoulders lock down instead ...
Read More »Pilates Free Weight Arm Exercises : Pilates Free Weight Exercise: Box Out of Closet
This arm exercise is for the biceps and mimics what is done on the reformer with straps To do this exercise we go ahead and bring our arms up to 90 degrees Our hands are straight, take a nice inhale and lower the weights out, exhale, squeeze those biceps and bring it back in Now you don't need to bring ...
Read More »Pilates Free Weight Arm Exercises : Pilates Free Weight Exercise: Arm Circles
This exercise is little arm circles and little arm circles with small weights is a very effective exercise for toning and strengthening your arms but the exercise is just not about the arms it is also about the abs and your posture so always engage the abs, keep your head in line with the spine We are going to go ...
Read More »Pilates Theraband Exercises : Pilates Theraband Exercises: Arm Pulls
This set of exercise is going to work a lot of the intrinsic muscles in your arms, shoulders and back It's not going to be working a large groups such as the biceps or the triceps Go ahead and grab your band, bunch it up and give yourself about three inches in between where your hands are holding on to ...
Read More »Pilates Theraband Exercises : Pilates Theraband Exercises: Arm Stretch
This is an arm stretch designed to help you pull your shoulders back What you do is you take the band in your hands and you bring it about a little bit wider than shoulder distance And you don't want a whole lot of tension on the band to start with Take a nice inhale, bringing the band up, keeping ...
Read More »Pilates Exercises : Pilates: Leg Stretch With 100 Arms
I'm going to show you a pretty difficult move right now I'm going to show you first with a modification It's a leg stretch with one hundred arms Remember, we always set up before there's any movement, so I'm going to set up Inhale big, ribs out; exhale, ribs are down, spine is long I'm going to pull my shoulders ...
Read More »How to Do Wall Arms | Pilates Workout
The second of the wall series is arms So, leading from round over your back is still pressed against the back of the wall And you'll walk your feet forward again one foot length Then soften your knees So, you're actively pressing your back into the wall for support From here think of tucking the pelvis a little bit Then ...
Read More »30 Day Pilates Body Challenge: Day 2 – Upper Body
Hey guys! Welcome back to the 30 Day Pilates Body Challenge Today I'm going to lead you through a quick upper body routine that will leave you feeling nice and open through your upper body, and we'll also work on some strength and stabilizing for the arms and shoulder joint So let's get started lying on our back So go ...
Read More »30 Day Pilates Body Challenge: Day 9 – Upper Body
[Music] Hey guys! It's Robin from The Balanced Life Welcome back to the 30 Day Pilates Body Challenge We've got an upper body workout today, so go ahead and start at the end of your mat, standing nice and tall, knees slightly bent, and feet hip distance apart Just take a minute to find your posture We'll take a nice ...
Read More »30-Day Pilates Body Challenge: Day 16 – Upper Body
Hey guys! It's Robin from The Balanced Life Welcome back to the 30 Day Pilates Body Challenge We've got an upper body workout planned for today It's going to leave you feeling a little tired but definitely stronger So go ahead and start seated on your mat with me, knees bent, feet flat on the floor, and hands resting on ...
Read More »30-Day Pilates Body Challenge: Day 23 – Upper Body
Hey guys! Welcome back to the 30 Day Pilates Body Challenge Today's upper body workout is going to feel really good I've incorporated some nice juicy stretches along with, of course, some strength challenges So get started with me just sitting with your legs stacked over to the side You're going to take one arm out This is going to ...
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