Lara Hudson: This Pilates core workout is really going to strengthen your abs, hips, and shoulders. Katherine and I will be using the exercise bands, so follow Katherine if you need some basic modifications to some of the moves. Kelly is going to be using a set of hand-weight it's going to give a great upper body workout.
So, if you're following her, use one, two, or three pounds weights. Let's began. You're using the band, take the band and put it right underneath your calves, Chris crush it around the front of shins, and then hold on to it with each hand. You're using free weights; grab those free weight with each hand. Set your arms, just behind your thighs and exhale as you gently assist yourself down on to your back. Bringing the legs into a table top position, we're going to begin the classic Pilates exercise to the hundred to really heat your core.
Katharine is going to keep your head down to relax on mat. Curl your head, neck, and shoulders up, reach the arms down and begin to pump those triceps up and down, take a nice inhale and on and that exhale pull, the belly to the spine. Now, we're going to do nine more breaths. I want you to really concentrate on drying those abs in really, really strong arms. And again. Now, we've got six more reps hanging there. I know you're feeling your core warming up already, let's do last five and exhale out and for four. You can always bring the head down if your neck begins to fatigue; you've got three more hanging there. Belly and in and out pilates two. One more time, and exhale really, really nice. Let's rest everything down. Now, we're going to move into a spine twist for four reps each side.
If you are working with the band, walk the hands down the band, so that's not abs tens it was in a hundred, and place your arms out in a diagonal lines. Now, Katherine is going to bring your feet down to floor for support, otherwise the knees are up in table top. If you're like Kelly in using hand weights, just leave the weights in your hands and put your arms to sides.
On an inhales squeeze the legs together and let the knees come over to the left just half way and exhale the obliques, you're pulling your abs and bring the legs back to center. Inhale over to the right and exhale back to center, really, really nice. Focus on lengthening and twisting right at the way slight to create that gorgeous and exhale. You've got two more. Every rep you're trying to feel a little bit more deeply right, let's do last one squeezing the inner thighs, shoulder blades on the mat and up you go. Very nice.
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