A Simple Technique to Activate Your Lower Abs
If you’ve ever tried finding your lower abdominal muscles, there’s a good chance you did so by “pulling your navel into your spine,” or, if you were lying on your back, flattening your low back to the ground. These are popular techniques, but when you engage your abs this way, you unknowingly fail to […]
Turn This Popular Ab Exercise Into Actual Core Work
If you’ve done traditional Pilates, you know many of the exercises involve curling forward with the head, neck, and shoulders. This move is called an ab-curl, and it looks a lot like a crunch exercise. Undoubtedly, ab-curls will make you feel your stomach muscles, which must mean those muscles are being strengthened, right? Maybe, but […]
How to Initiate a Roll-Down – Part 3 of 3
Today we’re going to put everything we’ve learned so far together and you’ll see exactly how to initiate a roll-down correctly and safely. I’m excited to share it with you because now you’ll have what you need for a successful roll-down every time. Why does all this careful focus on the roll-down matter, you ask? […]
How to Do the Ultimate Pilates Roll-Down — Part 2 of 3
Today, in part two of The Anatomy of a Roll-Down, we’re going to cover the next key movement and how that feels when you’re doing it correctly so you can fine-tune and perfect your roll-down. I’m excited to share this exercise with you because it’s rarely taught, or mentioned, yet it’s critical to doing […]
How to Do the Ultimate Pilates Roll-Down – Part 1 of 3
Most people lose the real benefits of the Pilates roll-down exercise and never realize it. In this new video series, I’ve broken the roll-down into basic steps that will completely upgrade the way you do it and help you get way more out of it. In today’s video I’m going to show you the […]
Are You Damaging Your Pelvic Floor with Ab Work?
Mastering the basics will help you avoid damaging many body parts, but in this article we’re going to look at how to avoid damaging your pelvic floor. You might be surprised to learn just how common a problem this is in many fitness circles, not just Pilates.
