Pilates Moves

How to do it: Lie on the floor comfortably facing downward. Place both your hands under your forehead with your palms facing down. Engaging your abdominal muscle, gently tighten your core muscles. Keeping your knees straight, slowly lift your left leg off the ground. Hold the leg up in the air for 5 seconds and then slowly bring it back to the floor. Do not rotate your back or your pelvis while lifting your leg and keep breathing. Repeat the same move with the other leg.

Side leg lifts

Pilates is an excellent exercise to tone your body, improve your flexibility and muscle strength. A large number of people across the globe swear by the health benefits of performing pilates regularly.

Swimming

Step 1: Lie on your back, with both your hands layered, palm over palm behind your head.

Step 2: Bend your knees and bring your shins up.

Step 3: Inhale, engage your torso and try to touch your right elbow to your left knee, straightening your right leg forward and holding it a few inches above the mat

Step 4: Exhale and return back to the initial position, repeating the same on the other side.

V-ups

Step 1: Lay flat on your stomach, with your forehead down, legs straight and together.

Step 2: Stretch your arms straight, pull your abs in and keep your feet pointed.

Step 3: Lift your arms, legs, chest, and head up on one count, and hold.

Step 4: Alternately, lift your right arm with left leg and left arm with right leg. Inhale and exhale normally.

Step 5: Count from 1-10 and repeat the move slowly.

Plank jacks

Low-impact exercises like Pilates can help you strengthen the muscles in your body and also increase flexibility. In addition, it can aid your weight loss goals and assist you in burning some major calories.

Aside from the physical benefits, one of the best benefits of yoga is how it helps a person manage stress, which is known to have devastating effects on the body and mind. You should start today!