Pilates Workout Tips & Techniques

Series Summary

Pilates is an exercise system developed by a German man named Joseph Pilates. It was designed to strengthen the body core (which consists of the abdominal muscles, the lower back muscles, hip flexors, and gluteus muscles) in order to prevent back pain, and help with spine alignment and breathing control. Pilates exercises can be done almost anywhere and can be learned quite easily.

In this free video series, watch as Yoga and Pilates instructor Danielle Bund teaches how to do a Pilates workout. Learn what equipment is needed to do pilates, some of the basic principles of Pilates, how to do a roll down, how to push through the bar, how to do teasers, how to use a jump board, how to practice footwork, how to use foot straps, how to do knee stretches, how to do a single thigh stretch, how to do a side twist, how to do a hip roll, how to do an elephant, how to do a tricep bend, how to do a side bend, and how to do a leg lift with pilates. Start toning your muscles and burning some fat today with the help of these great pilates video and the experts at Expert Village.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Laura. Hi! I’m Danielle Bund and we're with expertvillage.com here in Beverly Hills at Laura's Studio. Natural Pilates. We are located across the Peninsula Hotel. We are a plates studio fully equipped with a lot of instructors that are certified. We are teaching on all equipment plus mats. I've been teaching for about 5 years and I have experience in a lot of sports. I used to do archery professionally in Romania for about 6 years. I used to do a lot of dancing, so I put all this together in basically Pilates. I used to be a professional synchronized ice-skater. Here at this studio, I love Pilates because it's a great way to promote strength and flexibility without building bulk in your muscles, and it's also great for a wide age range from young to old. Also from rehab patients to true athletes. We can use our equipment, mat reformer, Cadillac to teach people using different resistance for different types of people."