8th May: Abdominals
In today’s Daily Fix, Anna will start with warming up your spine on the floor, then moving into abdominal work before turning over and using planks to strengthen those abdominals even further.
7th May: Alignment and balance
Today, Anna will take you through some standing work to warm up the spine and introduce some balance work on one leg, creating stability through the core.
6th May: Flexibility
Follow Valentina’s series of stretching movements to help improve your flexibility.
5th May: Twists
Today, Valentina guides you through a series of rotational exercises to help you increase mobility and decrease stiffness and aches within the neck, upper, middle and lower back.
Pilates for Osteoporosis #4 (4/6)
This week’s class builds upon our previous sessions, starting with a familiar warm-up. We will continue our mat work and offer the option to incorporate hand weights for those looking to add intensity. These weighted exercises are a fantastic way to support and increase bone...
4th May: Spinal and shoulders
Starting with a variation of push up movements, today’s session includes a series of exercises to strength, mobilise and stretch shoulders adding some spinal movements.
3rd May: Back and glutes
Today Valentina uses the loop (or a tied resistance band) to help improve your back and glutes strength. This session will work you hard whilst having fun…. you’ll even learn how to walk like a penguin!
2nd May: Hips
Open your hips by using the resistance band to improve range of motion, and follow Valentina’s tips for ‘The frog’.
1st May: Abdominals
Today Valentina focuses on two different abdominal exercises to enhance core strength.
30th April: Alignment and balance
Improve balance, alignment and control in today’s session with Valentina.
29th April: Flexibility
Let’s stretch and lengthen the muscles in the legs and hips. Slowly does it, enabling the muscles to react to our gentle persuasion.
28th April: Twists
Starting with the upper body we energise and stimulate the spine. Next, we keep stability in the upper body whilst twisting the legs from side to side, energetically working the lower back.
Pilates for Osteoporosis #3 (3/6)
As we continue the Pilates for osteoporosis series, Lisa builds on the previous two sessions by adding a little more on strength, focus and stamina. A Pilates ball would be handy.
27th April: Spinal and shoulders
We begin this daily fix with push-ups, challenging and very effective. From the top to the bottom and after a little interlude from the bottom to the top!!
26th April: Back and glutes
We start with traditional bridges, working deeply into the glutes. Next we work the back and have a go at an interesting mermaid move.
25th April: Hips
Our hips are crucial to allow us to walk, run and jump. Maintaining strong balanced hips are important to prevent injuries and continued smooth movement. Let’s move those hips!
24th April: Abdominals
In today’s fix we look at the hundred. More specifically, variations on the hundred. A tough exercise for many, but feel free to modify as much as you need.
23rd April: Alignment and balance
Working the arms and shoulders, before moving to the larger muscles of the legs. Test your balance with a modified tree, working at your own level and using props if necessary.
22nd April: Flexibility
Spine, hamstrings, hips, shoulders, everything gets a chance to improve in this session.
21st April: Twists
Twisting to stretch, twisting to work, twisting to mobilise.
Pilates for Osteoporosis #2 (2/6)
Join Lisa for the the second session in her Pilates for Osteoporosis series. Progressing from last week, the focus is on using the Pilates breath to feel abdominals working without spinal flexion as well as lower body work. This mat based workout is safe for...
20th April: Spinal and shoulders
Wow… the shoulders will know about this, both in terms of strength, mobility and flexibility. The spine meanwhile, lengthened and aligned.
19th April: Back and glutes
The back and the bum… working them together and in isolation we challenge all the glute muscles.
18th April: Hips
We are generally all sitting down waaaaay too much so our hip flexors become shortened and this can lead to injury. In this short session we focus on lengthening the hip flexors.