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Pilates Basic Five Mat Exercises

Hi everybody welcome to for pilates sake. today we're going to do the basic five mat   exercises if you want to see the breakdown  of these exercises you can go to our link   above where we break down all five of them  today we have three lovely ladies some   teachers and and a client. we're going to  do the advanced on this mat we're going to do   more of an intermediate version on this  mat and then on the red mat will be the   beginner version. there will be more versions  in our previous videos so please check those out. ladies are we ready? let's start on our  back getting ready for our 100 so you're   going to take a deep breath in on your exhale  arrive in your 100 position today. make sure all   the air is out and we're going to start pumping  on your inhale 2, 3, 4, 5, and exhale 2, 3, 4, 5   breathing in fully breathing out fully. watch  that belly expand watch it texturize try to see   how much circumference you can get around  that rib cage to get that full breath. good   job you guys, very well done, big pumps you guys. we're getting this body warm, we're getting   the room warm. we're going to do three more sets,  breathing in fully exhaling completely. last set   you guys and then we're going to Exhale for  10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and bring it down you   should be good and warm & ready for the roll up.  those of using the strap please sit yourself   up hook your feet into the strap grab your  bar if you're doing that or sitting up like   Amy grabbing the back of your leg so start  yourself down on your inhale you're going to   pick up head neck and shoulders on your exhale  you're going to roll up and then we're going   to inhale to start rolling back and exhale lay  all the way down. I didn't mention this but I'm   going to cue the most advanced version.  inhaling fully exhaling into your bend fully right and if you find a sticky part  coming part way up that's when you want to   use your exhale in the full meal deal we're  trying to inhale all the way up over our hips   and then exhale until there's no more air left  in your lungs let's do two more inhaling to come   halfway down exhale. the other thing I want to  say so especially for Melody on this mat try not   to stretch toward your toes bend your spine like  you're getting deep into this snail shell exactly   so you're using the flexors of your abdominals  let's make this the last one take it all the way   down once you're finished you can put your bar  off to the side and we're going to get ready for   single leg circle put a pad behind your head if  you wish grab the back of your right leg and just   start to flex and point and we're breathing and  as we've got our leg up there take your tailbone   and stretch it towards the bottom foot to make  sure that your hips are nice and square so you   can pick your version arms are down by your side  and when you're ready we're going to inhale the   first half of the circle and then exhale the  second half of the circle or we can watch a   Tik Tock version here or a bent and straight  leg version here you do you we got two more we're going to inhale from 12 to 5 and we're going  to Exhale from 5 to 12, stop, reverse it inhale from   12 to 5 and exhale twist come back to center  inhale the first half exhale the second half   good job ladies keep those arms nice and strong so  we're not rocking from one arm to the other last two last one and then just pull that knee in  just for a little de-shrug switch legs into the   strap and let's grab the back of the other leg  pushing your hand and leg so grab down lower by   your yeah kind of where your thigh bum connect  push your leg into your hand and vice versa and   just start pointing and flexing your foot doing  some circles if you like so we're affecting all   the tissue down at the back of the leg when you're  finished put your hands down by your side get   ready for your version we're going to inhale to  twist the first half of the circle and on your   exhale all that air comes out and you arrive  back to top so make sure you've emptied your   lungs completely when you have arrived back up to  12 before you take that next full breath in two more, last one, nicely done and then let's reverse  it. inhale move the leg not the spine and then we   really twist the spine to bring you back to  center four more your leg only only goes out   as far as you're not going to rock your  hip this is where you want it stable but   then it really twists on the second half once  you're finished your fifth one you can pull   that knee back in give it a little de-shrug  if you wish grab the back of your leg ladies   and roll yourself up to sitting put your hands  behind your hips pick your bum up sit onto your   heels grab the front of your legs for the full  version or behind if you want for the modified   and on your inhale curl your tail to roll you  back onto your shoulders and on your exhale   arrive just behind your sitting bones and you  just keep going your knees are slightly apart   they're never quite together here because that's  the way the leg sits naturally in the hip   and then a little squeeze of the heels so  you find a little bit more inner line two more last one and then let's finish up to  the top straighten those legs out get ready   for spine stretch or bent knees or sit on  a pad or in Amy's case she's got a raised   mat on your in inhale ladies flex those feet  and rise those arms up on your exhale flex   your spine push all that air out from 1999  and when all that air is gone we're going   to inhale float our spine back up shoulder  blades down heart risen up and exhale again   let that tailbone curl forward and it's not  so much that we're reaching over to stretch   and touch our toes we might touch our toes  but we're trying to flex our spine to support   that stretch in our back. inhale all the way up  last two see if you can exhale more air out as   you're going down. keep going, keep going, keep  going, inhale to tall this is your very last one inhale to tall arms come down very  well done thank you very much so you can   do this every single day, takes less than five  minutes get your spine nice and lubricated   and warms up your body and keeps your he  healthy nice and tuned up thanks everybody!