Follicular Phase
Follicular Phase:
Days 3-11
Gradually start adding back in more resistance based training as cramping decreases and energy increases. With estrogen rising, it’s a great time to gradually start intensifying your workouts and maybe a good time to try something new.
Level: Please reference each video individually for its respective level.
Props: Please reference each video individually for its specific prop requirements.
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Athletic Lower Body
An athletic, lower body focused workout that mimics the heavy lifting we do throughout the day from kids, groceries, boxes, etc. This workout targets our primary movers, while still emphasizing the ever important Pilates principles of deep core activation and breath.
Props Needed: A set of dumb...
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Inner/Outer Thighs & Obliques
Target the entire lower body, namely glutes and inner and outer thighs, and sizzle the obliques with some delicious twisting movements in this workout using only using your own body weight.
Props Needed: None
Level: 2 Advanced
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Heart Pumping Full Body Flow
This workout is perfect for when you just want to get your heart pumping and flow through your movement with a little less rigidity.
Props Needed: None
Level: 2 Advanced
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Perfecting Planks
Isolate the glutes, core, and seratus anterior first individually and then all together while you practice perfecting your planks.
Props Needed: A pair of gliders
Level: 2 Advanced
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Glutes Glutes Glutes
Target every angle of the hips and glutes in this delicious lower body focused series.
Props Needed: 1 medium & 1 light weight resistance band, 1 glider, and optional 1-3lb ankle weights
Level: Intermediate/ Advanced
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Advanced Full Body With Swiss Ball
This is a challenging, but FUN full body workout using a big swiss ball. It's nice to switch it up sometimes!
Props Needed: A swiss ball and a wall
Level: Advanced
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Saturday - 8/16 - Bodyweight Arms
Target the muscles of the upper body including the biceps, triceps, lats, and mid back using only your own body weight.
Props Needed: None
Level: All levels
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Full Body Band Burn
A 30 minute full body series targeting the glutes, waist sculpting obliques, and shoulder stabilizing muscles.
Props Needed: 1 light and 1 medium resistance band
Level: Advanced
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Cardio Pilates
Sculpt your abs and thighs while adding in a few anaerobic cardio bursts throughout.
Props Needed: Pair of gliders
Level: Advanced
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Full Body With Pilates Ring
Advanced full body workout using the "magic circle" for extra inner thigh/pelvic floor connection.
Props Needed: Magic Circle (Can also be done with only bodyweight)
Level: Advanced
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Abs And Glutes
Spicy abs and glutes focused core series using the Pilates ball.
Props Needed: Pilates ball
Level: Advanced
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Triceps and Sliding Planks
A perfect series to strengthen the entire body, specifically the triceps and posture muscles of the back and core.
Props Needed: A pair of gliders (substitute with a kitchen towel)
Level: 2 Advanced
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Full Body Flow Using Body Weight
The hardest part of this full body workout is making it look easy.
Props Needed: None
Level: 2 Advanced
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Full Body Using A Chair
Train your core, glutes, upper body, and finish with some delicious side planks.
Props Needed: Chair or Bench
Level: Advanced
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Full Body Planks
20 minutes of full body planks targeting the core, posture muscles, glutes, and inner thighs.
Props Needed: Optional Pilates Ball
Level: 2 Advanced
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Pilates Ring Dream
Work the muscles of the trunk evenly through spinal flexion, extension and rotation.
Props Needed: Pilates Ring
Level: 2 Advanced
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Sliding Planks
Fire up the entire body with this efficient full body plank series
Props Needed: A set of gliders
Level: 2 Advanced
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Inner And Outer Thighs
Enjoy this full lower body workout with a focus on the inner and outer thighs.
Props Needed: Light and heavy weighted resistance bands (can be substituted without bands)
Level: Advanced
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Full Body With Foam Roller
Train the entire body while also experiencing the myofascial release that comes with foam rolling.
Props Needed: Foam roller
Level: Advanced
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Around The World Planks
Front planks, side planks, and reverse planks to target your entire body from head to toe.
Props Needed: None
Level: 2 Advanced
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Standing Leg Series
Mobilize the hips and work all angles of the glutes and inner/outer thighs.
Props Needed: Light or medium resistance band and 1 glider (substitute with a paper plate or kitchen towel)
Level: Advanced
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Quick Cardio
Adding 10 minutes of anaerobic intervals into your routine can be just the right amount of cardio without the "interference effect" of adding too much stress to your system where it does more harm than good. Try adding this short series into your regimen 1-2 times a week and see how you feel.
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Core Focused Full Body
A full body workout designed to help you connect deeper to your body's powerhouse with every movement.
Props Needed: A Pilates ball and pair of gliders
Level: 1 Intermediate
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Standing Inner & Outer Thighs
A spicy lower body series that focuses on the inner and outer thighs.
Props Needed: A glider and a light resistance band
Level: Intermediate/ Advanced