Pilates benefits every body–including yours!
Pilates is exercise for your mind, body, and spirit, but what if your body won't cooperate? How can you take advantage of all Pilates has to offer–strengthening your core, enhancing your flexibility, and even improving your posture–if you think you're too old or too big or too physically unable to perform the Hundred, the Shoulder Bridge, or the Double-Leg Stretch?
No matter what your age, size, or physical ability is, you can do every exercise in Pilates for Everyone. Each Pilates exercise shows the typical movements for gaining the physical and mental benefits from that exercise. Then each exercise offers at least three variations performed by people just like you to help you find the right modification that fits who you are. This way, no matter which version you perform, you're going to reach similar goals.
Pilates for Everyone includes these features:
• 50 step-by-step exercises for specific body areas
• Step-by-step modifications for every exercise
• 10 routines that combine exercises from the book for maximum benefits
• Expert advice from Micki Havard on how to get the most out of your practice
Author(s): Havard, Micki
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: 50 Exercises Pilates for Everyone
Pages: 256
Tags: 50 Exercises Pilates for Everyone
Contents
Foreword
Introduction to this book
Author Feature: Micki Havard
CHAPTER 1: PILATES FACTS
What Is Pilates?
What Are the Benefits?
Who Should Do Pilates? / Meet the Models
What You Need to Practice Pilates
CHAPTER 2: UPPER BODY
The Hundred
Roll-Ups
One-Leg Circles
Rolling Like a Ball
Forearm Kicks
Model Feature: Jillian Peterson
Push-Ups
Criss-Cross
Scissors
Bicycle
Forward Spine Stretches
Spinal Rotations
CHAPTER 3: LOWER BODY
Shoulder Bridge
Clam
Inner Thigh Lifts
Side Kicks
Single-Leg Kicks
Model Feature: Andrew Peterson
Heel Beats
Leg Circles
Double Straight-Leg Stretches
Hip Flexor Lunges
Forearm V-Lifts
Hamstring Lunge Stretches
CHAPTER 4: TOTAL BODY
Teaser Prep
Teaser
Swimming
Four-Point Balance
Leg Pull-Ups
Kneeling Side Kicks
Model Feature: Jerry Denys
Side Bends
Hip Circles
Single-Leg Stretches
Single Straight-Leg Stretches
Double-Leg Stretches
Cat-Cow
Model Feature: Jerome Pascua
CHAPTER 5: STANDING PILATES
Standing Hundred
Standing Swimming
Standing Boxing
Standing Arm Circles
Standing Biceps Curls
Standing Oblique Crunches
Standing Triceps Extensions
Model Feature: Andrew Blum
CHAPTER 6: CHAIR PILATES
Seated Biceps Curls
Seated Push-Ups
Seated Swimming
Seated Hundred
Seated Criss-Cross
Seated Teaser
Seated Leg Lifts
Seated Spine Twists
Seated Figure Four Stretches
Model Feature: Susan Holewinski
CHAPTER 7: SEQUENCES
Office Workout / Strength & Stretch
Core & More / Legs, Legs, Legs
Total Body
Index
About the Author / Acknowledgments
