I love pilates as it really works your core muscles, which helps to improve your posture, strengthen your back, and help work on removing the mummy tummy! If you have always wanted to try pilates, then there is a great website offering free mat workout videos that you can view on your computer. While it is obviously better if you have taken a few classes with a trained instructor, Ultimate Pilates Workouts has videos including “Your First Pilates Workout” which goes through all the basics, as well as “Technique and Fundamentals” videos that can refresh the memories for those who haven’t been to a class in a while.
As part of achieving My Best Year I really want to add in more strength and flexibility workouts, and this is a great way for me to do that, since with two young children it is almost impossible for me to make it to the pilates reformer sessions that I used to go to pre-children.
