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How to Use Props in Pilates

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Free weights and pilates balls
Free weights and pilates balls

This article includes seven different workouts with pilates balls and free weights.

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Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Free weights
  • Pilates balls
  • Comfortable exercise outfit

    How to Use Props in Pilates

  1. Step 1

    Stand with legs spread 1-1/2 feet apart. With a pilates ball in each hand, raise one arm into the air. Lift one leg up at a 90-degree angle and bring the raised arm down so elbow and knee meet. Lower leg and raise arm again. Repeat as desired.

  2. Step 2

    Stand with legs 1-1/2 feet apart. With a pilates ball in each hand, raise arms to each side so they are even with your shoulders. As arms are raised to your shoulders, squat down. Then, rise into standing position and lower your arms. Repeat as desired.

  3. Step 3

    Sit on the floor with your legs stretched straight in front of you. Hold a free weight in each hand and reach to your toes. Pull back into sitting position. Repeat as desired.

  4. Step 4

    Stand with legs 1-1/2 feet apart with your arms in the air. Hold the pilates balls above your head but together. Squat into a sitting position without moving your arms. Repeat as desired.

  5. Step 5

    Stand in place. Slowly move one leg forward while the other bends. Your arms will stay at your side, one pilate ball in each hand. Repeat as desired.

  6. Step 6

    Sit down on the floor. Stretch one leg out to your side while the other folds in to the inner thigh of the stretched leg. Lean to your side with a weight in each hand. Repeat as desired.

  7. Step 7

    Stand with legs 1-1/2 feet apart. While leaning slightly to one side to steady your balance, kick one leg out diagonally as high as your hip would be if you were standing in place. Repeat as desired.

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