March MATness - Pilates Bound

Return to Life with March MATness!

By Pilates BoundPosted on March 1, 2024Posted in March MATnessTagged full body workout, lower body, Pilates, posture, strength, stronger core, upper back, upper body

Return to Life with March MATness! “Pilates has been the perfect solution to maintaining strength and vitality in my life”. ~ Trudie Styler (Sting’s wife) Let’s review the 5 spine shapes: flexion/round back, tall back, extension/arched back, lateral flexion/side bend, and twist/rotation. With each of these spine shapes, there are challenges to each because there […]

Pilates Transitions Are Exercises Too!

By Pilates BoundPosted on June 1, 2022Posted in March MATnessTagged full body workout, Pilates, posture, strength, stronger core, whole body

Pilates Transitions Are Exercises Too! “No man – no machine can correct or create vitality, power, or health for you; everything comes from within, you have to unfold it.” ~ Joseph Pilates Did you know there are transitions between Pilates exercises? These are exercises in and of themselves. It’s a test to see how well […]

Mat and Reformer – 2 peas in a pod

By Pilates BoundPosted on March 1, 2022Posted in March MATnessTagged hundred, Pilates, Pilates props, return to life

Mat and Reformer – 2 peas in a pod “I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They’d be happier.” ~ Joseph Pilates In honor of March MATness, I’m going back to the 34 original Pilates mat exercises, […]