34 Mat Based Pilates Exercises

The 34 classical mat exercises.

34 mat based pilates exercises. These exercises are to be performed with all the pilates principles involved in the technique. In this workshop benjamin degenhardt breaks down all 34 exercises from the original sequence that was outlined in return to life because there are so many variations of these exercises this is a great opportunity to understand the work deeper in your body so you will know. Joseph pilates created this selection of exercises to go through a sequence that he believed to be logical and appropriate the idea being to first warm up the body and then progress to the more challenging exercises once the body is sufficiently warmed up and ready. It is my belief that by using joe s set order of the exercises on both the mat and the reformer i can experience in 2013 the full genius of joe pilates who died in 1967.

Mat work may involve traditional pilates equipment such as magic circles or hand weights as well as non pilates gear such as stretch bands gym balls and foam rollers. As i begin writing and researching my next paperback pilates for athletes i have been putting myself through the paces with the original 34 exercise program from the legendary book return to life through contrology this workout is not for the faint of heart and it has really humbled and inspired me each time i plop my mat down take a deep breath and sail through these all bodyweight exercises. These 34 exercise sets originally described and published in 1954 are thoughtfully presented and reviewed. So my workouts include a lot of asking questions investigating internally what the previous exercise has provided as a help for the bear of an exercise i must now tackle.

The 34 classic contrology matwork exercises a directory of pilates doing pilates poses. Full classical class pilates teacher training subscribe to my youtube channel elite pilates joseph pilates original 34 classical mat workout. I feel humble and inspired when i realise that joe was 59 going on 60 when he demonstrated the poses in the 34 mat. Mat based pilates is a gentle low impact yet serious strength workout that research shows can help ease low back pain wells c et al.

The effectiveness of pilates exercise in people. Pilates pictured in poses. There are short video clips of each exercise intended to give an insight into what it s all about. Joseph pilates originally devised more than 500 exercises for his system of which 34 were mat exercises.

These are the 34 pilates exercises. The mat work is the gateway into pilates for many people but it is also the hardest part of the method to truly master. Pilates with apparatus uses equipment designed by joseph pilates.