Live Breathe Pilates, Huddersfield Video April 11, 2022, 2:43pm

Practicing what I preach! Trying to improve my technique on an exercise that challenges me. We all love doing exercises that are within our comfort zone, but it’s the ones that aren’t in that zone that we should be doing!! I’m giving myself my own medicine 😂

A fun version of parakeet- bridge push through. It ticks a lot of boxes in terms of benefits, and looks easier than it is. If you want to learn movements that help to improve full body strength, mobility and posture, you need to try our apparatus classes. To book please use our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates or contact [email protected]

I know this is not the full version of cat walk over as my hips and the ceiling don’t allow for that!! I love the chest opening I get from this exercise so it’s completely worth it, and the hip stretch is pretty juicy also. If you are interested in hanging with us at the studio, we offer hanging work in our Pilates circuit classes, and also 1-1 training. We offer much kinder exercises than this also 😆 Contact [email protected]

Getting ready for our Cadillac course on the weekend! Can’t wait 🤗. Love the stretch you get from the hanging phase! We teach Cadillac work in our mixed apparatus classes. To book please use our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates or contact [email protected]

Leg springs on the trap table. It’s hard to tell just how much my bottom is burning in the video, but those who have experienced the leg springs will know just how much they burn without a bridge and without a box. The exercise combinations are endless on the Pilates Cadillac, and we teach this in our mixed apparatus/circuit Pilates classes on Tuesdays at 5pm!!!

Swimming into Saturday. Join us for springboard at the Pilates people. We are addicted!!

Do you film your technique? I try and work as somatically as possible, and you can see that I self correct myself many times during this exercise, but sometimes what I feel and what I see don’t marry up. I was working on extending my spine in my side bend, it felt like I was doing that, but my filming suggests otherwise. I was working on straightening my legs on my side bend, and again I clearly didn’t achieve that. There are many things that my filming showed up that my self awareness didn’t. Filming technique offers a different perspective, very similar to a personal trainer offering a pair of eyes to spot you, which then allows for more self correction. Overtime you get a better first person experience of the movement by having the third person perspective!!

Jumping for joy in today’s reformer class. Who said Pilates doesn’t train your cardiovascular fitness 😅

Jumping into the weekend with side laying jumpboard work. Really great for targeting your side glutes, and a whole lot of fun whilst doing it!! Pilates is much more than Mat work!!! To book classes please visit our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates

Playing with plank flows in this weeks classes! Very challenging at the end when going into balance, but fun to laugh at myself trying 😆😆😆. Our classes range from beginner to intermediate level, so we have a version of plank to suit everybody!! It’s such a great full body exercise!! To book classes please contact [email protected], or use our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates 😊

Loved teaching these guys today!! We played around with using the tower in combination with the reformer! It was fun to teach, and I think they looked to be having fun 🤔🤔. These guys are demonstrating great control of the springs. This is tough to do when the springs are pulling on you from both ends. Well done 👏 😊

I love this exercise for thoracic mobility. It allows me to pinpoint the vertebrae’s that I want to mobilise, and my bottom muscles get a good workout too 😊. We use the ladder barrel in mixed apparatus classes and 1-1 sessions. To book please use our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates or contact [email protected]

Shoulder stand on the ladder barrel. Very wobbly, and definitely a work in progress, but there was a time when this movement wasn’t available to me, so I’m happy 😃. We use this piece of apparatus in our mixed apparatus pilates classes. To book please visit our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates or contact [email protected]

Tower and reformer combo coming to your classes next week!! It’s sooooo fun mixing it up!! To book classes please visit our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates or contact [email protected]

Rotation can be one of my favourite things to do, or one of my least favourite things to do, but today it felt good! The reformer springs really facilitated the twist and opened up my chest, so it felt yummy. To book classes please use our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates or contact [email protected]

Stretching into the week with this push through variation on the pilates Cadillac. Did you know we teach classes on this amazing piece of apparatus. To find out more please email [email protected] or to book our reformer classes please visit our booking system https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates 💪👏🤗

Waking my abdominal up with this little flow. It feels good to be moving again 😊💪 to book classes please visit our booking system https://livebreathepilates.bookwhen.com or contact [email protected]

This is a great teaser prep. I know I make the exercise look difficult, which is concerning given I’m a pilates instructor, but after doing this the teaser felt easy! If you want to see my teaser please head to my Instagram page. Reformer pilates is simply the best at helping you build strong abdominals!! To book classes please use our booking https://bookwhen.com/livebreathepilates or contact [email protected]

There’s nothing better than a Saturday stretch!! The pilates apparatus we have at LBP is amazing for getting more out of your stretches. This is a yummy stretch for the spine, and really helps to improve the mobility of the rib cage part of the spine (thoracic). If I’ve taught it to you this week then you know how yummy it is!!

My shoulders are feeling tight at the moment, and my spine less mobile than usual, so I’m loving this version of semi circle. It eliminates the flexibility needed through the shoulders and allows me to work on spinal articulation. Yummy!!