Subscriber mat class: Monday evening with a sore big toe
The toe didn't matter because Pilates teaches other body parts to take over the movement from the sore body part
This workout is good for
Ankle and glute strength
Comfortable cores strength in challenging situations
Relaxing and breathing on the move
Teaching moments
00:05 Heel lowers start
01:29 Single-leg heel lift
02:47 Single-leg eagle squat
04:12 Single leg Good morning
05:29 Single-leg spiral squat
06:58 Seated, push a knee down
08:51 Massage Vastus medialis muscle
09:44 Tall kneeling , 1-2-3 neck stretch side &n lookup
11:27 Rolling Sir Galahad
12:30 Chest expansion
13:14 All 4's rocking back, and Dupuytren's stretches
14:49 Pilates 100 variations
15:45 Single-leg assisted rollup
17:02 Up and down lunge "yoyo."
18:35 Single lg circles with a broomstick
19:26 windscreen wiper (broomstick reciprocal)
22:07 Rolling variations (baby startle reflex)
22:45 Spine strech forward
23:11 Single-leg stretch variations
25:53 Double leg stretch variations
26:11 Single straight-leg stretch variations
28:45 Spine stretch forward "breaking wave."
28:45 The saw (twist the body)
29:18 Push a knee down
30:37 Driver looks behind
32:20 Quad stretch side lying
34:17 Roman feast hip lift variations
35:56 Classic side-lying
38:34 Side-lying clams
43:17 Side kick leg action while standing
45:20 Crisscross with a pause
46:08 Bridging vertical stick & two glasses of beer
48:47 Stretch band windscreen wiper
51:58 Tennis ball massage in the bridge & in side-lying
53:38 A sore big toe: not a problem when other body parts do the movement instead
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