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Pilates Core Workout

March 19, 2014 by Hillary 6 Comments

Jacquelyn here. I’m the voice behind Fitsouffle, a blog devoted to fitness and overall healthy living. I am a full-time Pilates teacher, personal trainer, and group exercise instructor. I love exercise and have found – through many years of trying and teaching all different forms – that by incorporating Pilates into my life, I have been healthier, less injured, balanced, and in good posture.

fitsouffleI am so excited to be here sharing with you all today! I have put together a short set of Pilates core exercises for you to incorporate into your daily/weekly routines. This routine will challenge your core muscles, your strength, endurance, and a little bit of flexibility. I hope you enjoy the routine. Thanks to Hillary for letting me take over today!

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Teaser // Start in a supine position. Begin by circling your arms down and around towards your sides as you curl your head, neck and shoulders up and lifting your feet to hover. Pause, take a breath! This is the most challenging part of the exercise, pausing here will challenge you to use your core rather than momentum to lift to the top. Continue to lift your upper and lower body evenly, finding your Teaser. Reverse the exercise, lowering back down to the hover and then to the mat finding your head and feet touching down at the same time. Complete 1-2 sets of 8.

Walking Plank // Begin in a forearm plank position with your legs hip width distance apart. Keeping your hips as stable and square to the mat as possible by engaging your obliques, place your right hand under your right shoulder and press up to your left hand placing it under your left shoulder. Lower down starting on the right and then the left. Repeat starting on the other side. Repeat 8x on each side.

Advanced Oblique Curls // Lying supine, raise both legs to a 90 degree angle or as straight to the ceiling as you can (this can also be performed with the knees bent to tabletop). Reach your arms straight up over your chest, keeping your shoulders down away from your ears and curl your head, neck, and shoulders off of the mat. Begin by lowering your left leg to hover over the ground while keeping your right leg reaching to the ceiling.  Rotate your torso towards your right leg (the leg reaching up) taking your arms to the outside. Curl up a little higher. Inhale and lower a little and exhale to curl back up. Repeat 10x on each side.

Side Plank + Rotation // Begin in a side plank position on your forearm with your elbow directly underneath your shoulder, feet can be stacked or staggered. Rotate your torso reaching your top arm through. Return to a side plank position and repeat. Complete 1-3 sets of 10 and repeat on the other side.

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  1. Megan @ Megan Mumbles says

    March 19, 2014 at 8:07 am

    I did pilates all the time when I was in HS and I loved it… not really sure why, but I stopped. I will have to incorporate some of these moves into my fitness routine because summer is coming :-)

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  2. Nicole says

    March 19, 2014 at 9:36 am

    I like all of these moves, especially the oblique curls!

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  3. Samantha @ The Faithful Runner says

    March 19, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    This came at the perfect time. I was just planning out what my core workout tonight would be. I love the walking planks. They’re so challenging.

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  4. Amanda - RunToTheFinish says

    March 19, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    OHH I love this! I am good about yoga, but forget about pilates and it has so many amazing benefits for runners.

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  5. Sarah says

    March 25, 2014 at 10:43 am

    Thank you for these different exercises! I did it and really enjoyed it! :)

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  6. Justine Putot says

    June 2, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    Hi Hillary,

    Amazing post!
    The advanced oblique curls are so challenging, definitely loved it.

    -Justine

    Reply

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