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Pilates and Fitness Classes
Pilates 1. Absolute Beginner: The basic principles, breathing, engaging core muscles and posture etc are covered in Lessons 1 and 2 in more depth than remainder of sessions and this course is a slow pace. Most exercises taught at this level concentrate on core stabilisation at the basic level.
2. Beginner to Improver Mat Pilates: In these sessions there is the opportunity to work at a slightly harder level up from beginner or just choose beginner level. There are 4 courses at this level, Course A, B, C & D and there are different exercises to learn on each course. The basic principles, breathing, engaging core muscles and posture etc are covered in Lesson 1 and 2 in more depth than remainder of sessions. Exercises on each course will focus on deep stabilising muscles and also work and tone other muscles with appropriate rests and stretches between.
3. Improver Mat Pilates: In these sessions there is the opportunity to work at a slightly harder level up from beginner, or work at beginner still if preferred. There are 4 courses at this level, Course A, B, C & D and there are different exercises to learn on each course. The basic principles, breathing, engaging core muscles and posture etc are covered at the beginning of each session as a reminder and part of the warm up. This class is for those who have done Beginner Mat Pilates before and understand those basic principles. Because lesson 1 & 2 do not go into as much depth on the basics, more exercises can be taught at Improver level.
4. Improver to Intermediate Mat Pilates: This class is suitable for those who have done beginner/improver and are able to isolate and stabilise core muscles and breathe correctly. New more advanced exercises are introduced to the ones already learned and these exercises combine both strength and flexibility movements within the same exercise. These are more effective and challenging but you can still choose a level that suits you. There are 4 courses at this level, course A, B, C & D all contain different exercises. At this level the rests between working different muscles will be appropriate to make sure each exercise can be done with a good technique. 5. Intro Advanced Mat Pilates: All exercises are done at advanced level or just below with adaptations leading eventually to full level. Muscle groups are worked for longer so different exercises that work the same muscles are linked closer together. New exercises are learned including some of the more difficult ones (with modifications to start). This intro class will be a slow pace to begin to learn exercises correctly. The next level to this would be a course in Advanced Mat Pilates, and is faster pace than Intro Advanced Pilates.
7. Pilates 3: A one hour class combining 3 x 20 minute sessions of which will tone, improve and strengthen postural muscles and improve flexibility. 1) Pilates Mat exercises to strengthen deep core stabilising muscles 2) Fitball and resistance band exercises to tone muscles. 3) Stretches to improve flexibility. There are set exercises to learn over the 6 weeks but they are different on each course you do. When you join you start with whichever course is running at that time. The course details What you will need A quality padded (from 6mm minimum thickness, preferably upto 15mm) long and non-slip is ideal for Pilates.
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