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Core Connections: Engage, Roll Back, and Rise Up with Pilates!
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May 30, 2024
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So we're going to do some fabulous pilates focusing on our core
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But just before we roll down on our mats, just wanted to point out my rather fabulous vest top
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So I'll turn around so that you can see it. It's a really nice length
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This is a small. It's got stronger together written on the front
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which is something that I say all the time to all of you
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So it's so much more fun working out and getting stronger together
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rather than doing this on our own. And you're not on your own. We're very much a community
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And I really appreciate your support and your comments. And I hope you feel the same
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So thank you. If you did want to order one of these tops
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we've got various styles and colours, and they're all available on the YouTube
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If you need any more information, just get in touch. Okay, let's get moving
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So we're going to sit down. Okay, middle of your mats. Hands behind your thighs
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Just get yourself nice and centred. Lengthen the spine, lift up, draw your navel in
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so we find that light connection into our centre. Just slowly take the hands away from your thighs
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I want you to draw your chin down towards your chest. Think about scooping in your middle
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So I'm drawing my navel back towards my spine. I'm curving my spine
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Press the middle of your back to the wall behind you. Eyeline comes down towards your navel
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Start to slowly roll back. Try and keep your body centred as you roll back here. Pause
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Take a breath in. Breathe out. Roll all the way back up onto those sit bones
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Lengthen your spine. Inhale, chin to chest, C-curve. Exhale, start to slowly roll back. Pause
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Take a breath in and then breathing out. So we keep curving, curving, curving
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When we feel those sit bones underneath us, lift up, lengthen the spine
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One more time. Inhale. Rolling back. Pause. Breath in and then rounding that spine
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More, more, more. Lift. That's it. All the way up and find that long spine
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Cossack your arms. Elbows just below shoulder height. And again, inhale, C-curve
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Start to roll back. Now as you roll back, pause. Walk your feet in
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Come onto the tips of your toes. Start to slowly rotate in your centre round to one side
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through the middle and round to the opposite side. Come back to the centre
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Slide the legs away. Rotate round. Centre. Really connecting into your core
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Draw your navel in. Scoop. It's hard to talk doing this. Take a breath in and then roll
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Fold forwards. Pause. Pause. Press those arms forward. Sweep the arms back
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Sweep the arms forward. Lift and lengthen up. Draw one leg towards you
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Hold the back of that thigh. Start to find that C-curve again and start to roll back
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Now as you roll back, you've got that tension there. The elbows stay bent
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Relax the shoulders. Start to extend the leg. Again. And one more
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So we straighten the leg. We take the hands a little bit further up the leg if you're able to
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If you need to stay here, that's absolutely fine. Start to roll down
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Slide your hands down the leg and slowly bring your spine onto the mat
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Take the arms. Press the arms back. Draw the leg down. You're going to curl up
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Lift your head. Lift your chest. Slowly lower. Head down. Arms reach
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Leg lowers. Lift your head, chest and curl up. Breathing in. Breathing out
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One more time. Inhale. Exhale. Take hold of the leg. Start to press that leg away and slowly, slowly roll your spine all the way up
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Lengthen the spine. Relax. Slide the leg away. Okay. Same thing. Opposite side
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So we draw the knee towards our chest. Hold the back of the thigh
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Relax your shoulders. Draw your eye line down. Chin to chest and find that flexion, that curve in your spine
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Start to roll back. Pause here. Extend and bend. And again. Well done
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One more time. Good. Press the leg away. Take your hands further up if you're able to
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Create that opposition as I roll down here. I'm pressing the opposite leg to the mat
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Well done. So we're going to take the hands, release. Slowly start to lower the leg
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Arms reach overhead. You're going to lift your head, lift your chest, curl up. Inhale. Exhale
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One more time. Inhale. Exhale. Hold the back of the thigh. Keep those elbows bent
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Start to roll up slow. Slow, slow roll all the way up and release
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Okay, we're going to roll down, but not all the way. Reach the arms forward
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So inhale, draw your heels together. Externally rotating the hips. Press the heels together
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Think about lengthening the legs. We want to fire up these quads
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Come into your C shape. Start to slowly relax your shoulders. Roll back off your sit bones. Pause
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Well done. Raise the arms up and then lower the arms down
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and start to fold yourself forwards. Slowly. So the arms lift. We want the arms roughly at shoulder height
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Curl, press, reach forwards. Nice. Lift up, lengthen your spine. Well done
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We're going to go again. So inhale C curve. Start to roll back. Pause
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Lift the arms. Lower the arms. Roll forwards. Slow
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Take your time. Stay centered. Be centered. Reach the arms forward. Lift up
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And relax. Well done. Okay, we're going to roll down again. So I want you to hold the back of your right thigh
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Inhale C curve. Roll back. Slow. Slow. Keep those elbows bent. Lift the opposite leg
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And then slowly switch. And switch. So lifting the chest towards the thigh
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Press one leg away. Draw one leg towards you. And we're going four
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And three. Well done. And two. And last one. Bring your knees into double knee fold
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Slowly curl all the way down. Bring your arms down by your side
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So making sure that we can feel nice and grounded here. That the back isn't lifting off the mat
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Press your arms up towards the ceiling. Take the arms overhead. Back of the ribs heavy on the mat
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Lift your head. Lift your chest. Curl up. Extend one leg. Return. Switch
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Return. Arms lift. Curl all the way down. And release. One more time
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Lift your head first. Chest. Curl up. Press. And again. Nice
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Arms lift. Rolling down. Well done. Press your arms back down by your side. Pause
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Bringing the feet down. Just reset for a moment. Just excuse me whilst I adjust on the mat. Okay
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So really starting to feel that work in our center. You're doing a great job
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Well done. Okay. Raise the arms up. So we know it's not easy working out at home
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So I'm here to motivate you. You just need to roll out that mat and we will get this done together. Okay
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We're going to take those arms overhead. So you're not on your own. I'm not on my own
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I'm doing this with you. We curl up. Okay. We take one foot off
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We take the other foot off. We straighten those legs. We bent
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We're going to tap and tap. Bring the feet down and then curl slowly all the way down
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Oh, okay. We go again. So head first. Start to roll up
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Lift that chest. Press the arms forward. So we go one and two
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Slowly extend the legs. Bend the knees. We're going to tap, return, tap, return
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Lift the arms up. Walk your feet down. Curl all the way down
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Well, I certainly felt that. I hope you did too. And we go again
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One, two. Extend and bend. I've forgotten what we're doing. We're going to tap. Tap
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Well done. And tap. Lift the arms up. Walk the feet down and curl all the way down
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Were you hoping that was the last time? It's not. We're doing it one more time and hopefully I'll remember what to do
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Take a breath in. Breathe out. Curling up. Press those arms forward
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Okay, we go one and two. Extend. Bend. Keep that chest lifted
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We tap one toe. We tap the other foot. We lift the arms up
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We walk the legs down. And we slowly roll all the way down
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And we take our arms overhead with control. And bring the arms back down by our sides
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Relax your shoulders. Collarbone nice and wide. Well done. Okay, so we've just got a couple of minutes left
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You've got this. So we're going to take the arms to a vertical position
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We're going to curl up. And then we're going to bring our hands behind our head
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And then I want you just to rest your head in your hands. Try not to drop your chest
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Keep that curl up. Okay, elbows just slightly forward in your peripheral vision
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You're going to take your feet off the mat. Good. Well done
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So we're going to press one leg out. Return. Press the other leg out. Return
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Press both legs. Return. So you've got the option of not doing both legs
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And sticking to single legs. Okay, we're nearly there. Take your time. Press. Good
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And again. One more. One. And a two. And three
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And curl all the way down. Bring your feet down onto the mat
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Well done. So just readjust again. Okay. So we're going to do an oblique curl up
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So we're going to rotate to one side. So let's think about the shoulder coming across as opposed to driven by the elbow
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So take a breath in. Left side, okay, is lifting. Three, two, one
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Curl up and rotate across. Then rotate through the centre and round to the opposite side
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Come back into the centre and curl all the way down. Now we're going to do right side
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So take a breath in. Breathe out. Curl up. Lift that chest
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Roll over to the right side. Roll through the centre. Keep that pelvis
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Keep the hips nice and stable. Over to the right. Come back to the centre
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And slowly curl all the way down. Okay, we're going to do that one more time on each side
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So lift the chest. Rotate across. Round through to the opposite side
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Back to centre. And down. Well done. Last one. Lift. I'm lifting that right shoulder
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I'm rolling across. Over to the other side. Through to the centre
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And down. Bring your arms down by your side. Well done. So slowly take the feet off the mat
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Cross your feet over. Draw your knees into your chest. Pull those thighs towards your chest
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And then just roll from side to side. Good job. So quick
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And absolutely 100% effective. In terms of firing up your core. And feeling like you've had an effective workout
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Well done
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