Rapid Pilates

Don’t Distract Yourself Or Speed Or Funk It Up Too Much With Music
If you play music while you practice, don’t choose something with a fast or heavy beat.

Create A Programme That Suits You
It’s helpful to have a routine:
a) because it’s easier to remember
b) because you can feel and measure your progress in it
c) because as you progress you can add to it and adapt it as you learn more.

Make Some Physical Space To Practice At Home
If you have to shift stuff in a cluttered environment every time you want to practice Pilates, this will take precious minutes out from your practice time, may make you feel anxious about your clutter, and will probably sometimes put you off practicing at all!

Make Time
Take some time out for your Pilates practice on a regular basis. Turn off your mobile, take the phone off the hook, and try to take some quiet time for yourself regularly.

Don’t Push Your Body Too Hard
‘No pain no gain’ is certainly not the Pilates way, and if you are finding an exercise painful you should stop.

Single Leg Kick:
I know this seems like an odd exercise to help you do the Teaser on the Mat but hear me out.

Do the Elbow Slip:
this pre-Pilates exercise will help you find the longest round shape – aka flexion – in your body.

Roll Like Ball:
Yep, you can have fun doing Pilates and use this exercise to roll back and on your way up reach your arms and legs out find a Teaser and then bend them all back in and roll again!

Wear the right clothing/kit.
Don’t rock up at your Pilates class wearing a pair of sweatpants and a baggy hoody with sneakers.

Be patient.
Pilates is not something that you will learn overnight. Some of the movements and exercises are challenging and they can take quite some time to learn.