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  • Shoulder Bridge Prep Side Kick: Front & Back

    Peak Pilates Master Trainer Clare Dunphy shows the Shoulder Bridge Prep Side Kick: Front & Back, an advanced Pilates exercise. It requires a lot of strength from the abdominals and hamstrings as they stabilize a lifted pelvis against the movement of a fully extended leg. Shoulder Bridge transitions...
    Posted to Weekly Exercise Podcast: Series 1 - Mat (FileGallery) by Jeremy on 04-16-2008

  • Swan I Neck Roll

    Peak Pilates Master Trainer Colleen Glenn demonstrates the Swan I Neck Roll, an exercise meant to open the front-body, expand the chest and stretch out the abdominals, hip flexors and quadriceps. Swan also strengthens the abs. This is a wonderful stretch for the front of the body and a great strengthener...
    Posted to Weekly Exercise Podcast: Series 1 - Mat (FileGallery) by Jeremy on 04-09-2008

  • Open Leg Rocker Prep & Corkscrew I

    The Open Leg Rocker Prep & Corkscrew I are great abdominal workouts. These exercises provide an opportunity to practice using sequential control between the upper and lower abdominals. The Corkscrew I is a strength-building exercise demands that you control your movement, even as it throws you off...
    Posted to Weekly Exercise Podcast: Series 1 - Mat (FileGallery) by Jeremy on 03-25-2008

  • Criss Cross

    Criss Cross is a popular abdominal exercise with a special emphasis on the oblique muscles and is designed to provide abdominal strength and rotation of the spine. Peak Pilates Master Trainer Colleen Glenn starts from the setup position and notes common errors you may experience during this ab stretch...
    Posted to Weekly Exercise Podcast: Series 1 - Mat (FileGallery) by Jeremy on 03-10-2008

  • Double Leg Stretch

    Peak Pilates Master Trainer Colleen Glenn offers guidance on properly transitioning into Double Leg Stretch, a great abdominal workout. It radiates from the core Powerhouse, demanding both strength and endurance from the abs. Here, Colleen offers simple solutions to common errors made during this exercise...
    Posted to Weekly Exercise Podcast: Series 1 - Mat (FileGallery) by Jeremy on 02-18-2008

  • Single Leg Stretch

    Peak Pilates Master Trainer Colleen Glenn demonstrates Single Leg Stretch. Single Leg Stretch is all about learning to move from the Powerhouse. It trains abdominal muscles to initiate movement, and to support and stabilize the trunk as the arms and legs are in motion. Many people find it especially...
    Posted to Weekly Exercise Podcast: Series 1 - Mat (FileGallery) by Jeremy on 02-12-2008

  • Rolling Like a Ball

    Peak Pilates Master Trainer Colleen Glenn shows Rolling like a Ball, an introductory exercise meant to stimulate the spine, deeply work the abdominals, and tune us into the inner flow of movement and breath in the body. During this demonstration, Colleen offers insight to common mistakes made during...
    Posted to Weekly Exercise Podcast: Series 1 - Mat (FileGallery) by Jeremy on 02-06-2008

  • Pilates is Good for Back Pain

    Many of you may have read or heard about The New York Times article “Everything You Knew About Good Abs May Be Wrong.”*(01) The premise of the article is that the way people are taught to work with their abdominals is incorrect and not an effective strategy for stabilization. The article purports that...
    Posted to Articles (Weblog) by Zoey on 04-15-2007
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