Core

Core

A collection of all the videos on the site that are core/trunk focused. Please reference the individual video's description for its respective level.

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Core
  • Around The World Core

    Warm up by mobilizing the hips and then fire up your trunk and strengthen your core from every angle all while massaging and mobilizing the facet joints of your spine. Expect lots of flexion, extension, and delicious rotations.

    Props Needed: None

    Level: Advanced

  • Twisting Core

    A core series focused on maximizing rotation to detox the organs, improve digestion, and improve thoracic spine mobility.

    Props Needed: None

    Level: Advanced

  • Core For Thoracic Mobility

    Work through deep spinal rotations to both strengthen the obliques and improve mobility of the thoracic spine.

    Props Needed: None

    Level: Advanced

  • Tuesday - Inner Thighs For Deep Core

    Practice using inner thigh engagement to kinect deeper to the pelvic floor and deep core system.

    Props Needed: Pilates ring

    Level: Intermediate/Advanced

  • Pelvic Floor As The Ignition

    This video introduces bilateral movement using the pelvic floor (and breath) as the ignition.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and a massage ball (or tennis ball)

    Level: All levels

  • Pelvic Floor & Unilateral Movement

    Continue to build off the concepts from the previous videos as we introduce unilateral movements into the mix and discover an essential technique to training the lower abs using the pelvic floor.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and a massage ball (or tennis ball)

    Level: All levels

  • Pelvic Floor & Side Body

    A workout for the frontal plane targeting the inner and outer thighs and obliques with a focus on breath and pelvic floor engagement.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball, a massage ball (or tennis ball), and an optional yoga block/head pillow

    Level: All levels

  • Pelvic Floor Progressions

    Progress you pelvic floor training by adding in more movement variations and quicker, more coordinated movements.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and massage ball (tennis ball substitute)

    Level: All levels

  • Standing Pelvic Floor

    A standing lower body focused series that builds from the fundamentals and adds some fun creativity to movement using a wall.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and a massage ball (or tennis ball)

    Level: All levels

  • Rolling Pelvic Floor

    Progress from assisted roll downs to advanced roll downs in this ab focused workout that uses the pelvic floor as the ignition to the lower abdominals.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and a massage ball (or tennis ball)

    Level: All levels

  • Pelvic Floor & Planks

    A full body workout that introduces a compound movement like planks and ties them into pelvic floor training.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and a massage ball (substitute tennis ball)

    Level: All levels

  • Pelvic Floor & Planks Part 2

    Move from side planks to front planks as we advance our pelvic floor practice.

    Props Needed: A pilates ball and a massage ball (substitute tennis ball)

    Level: All levels

  • Pelvic Floor With Tempo

    Finish the pelvic floor program by playing with the tempo to challenge how quickly the pelvic floor can activate and release.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and a massage ball (substitute with a tennis ball)

    Level: All levels

  • Pelvic Floor Fundamentals

    Pelvic floor training always begins with breath work. Master the fundamentals of using your diaphragm and pelvic floor together and your body will begin to transform.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and a massage ball (or tennis ball)

    Level: All levels

  • Interval Abs

    Train the front and sides of your waist through deep core work on the ball and finish with planks using the sliding disks.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball and pair of sliders

    Level: Intermediate

  • Core Stability & Mobility

    A core series focused on both trunk stabilization and also mobilization.

    Props Needed: A light resistance band

    Level: Intermediate

  • Friday - Abs & Glutes

    A series to work the front, sides, and back of the trunk while also mobilizing the hips and strengthening the glutes.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball

    Level: Intermediate/Advanced

  • Gentle Core & Happy Hips

    A gentle, deep core workout that challenges the trunk in new ways while emphasizing moving the hips through all essential ranges of motion.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball

    Level: Beginner/Intermediate

  • Advanced Core Rolling

    A "reformer on the mat" style workout targeting all angles of the trunk from the deep core stabilizers to the superficial obliques and every muscle in between.

    Props Needed: A foam roller

    Level: Advanced

  • Table Top Full Body

    A "quickie" full body workout to introduce flexion and extension of the spine from a neutral "table top" position.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball

    Level: Intermediate

  • Advanced Core With Ring

    An advanced "quickie" core flow involving inversions and lots of waist twisting and pelvic floor strengthening.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ring

    Level: Advanced

  • Classical Core

    An advanced core flow that uses mostly classical Pilates exercises with a Kore Kinect flare.

    Props Needed: None

    Level: Advanced

  • Twist & Tone

    A series of all twisting movements to detox the gut, improve thoracic mobility, and contour the waistline.

    Props Needed: A Pilates ball

    Level: Advanced

  • Pilates Powerhouse

    An advanced glute and core focused series using the yoga blocks in fun and creative ways.

    Props Needed: 2 yoga blocks

    Level: Intermediate/ Advanced