Advanced Pilates Exercises & Routines

Summary: Pilates was developed in the by Joseph Pilates in the early nineteen hundreds. He had studied many different exercise forms and began to create his own form and technique. Joseph Pilates once said, "A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion." Detained during WW1 for being a German in England he taught other detainees the basis of what would become known as Pilates. He went on to develop an entire system of exercise that would improve body strength and flexibility and engage the mind.

In this series of videos our expert will take us through some advanced Pilates exercises. Learn various exercises such as the “100’s” which will work the abdominals as you lie on your stomach and lift the legs and head putting the tension on that mid-section. Also learn exercises like the “double leg stretch” which will strengthen you abdominal muscles and lower back. Watch this series for these exercises and many others that will improve your strength and flexibility.