Pilates is a highly effective exercise routine that offers numerous benefits, including improved flexibility, strength, balance, and posture. This article highlights the benefits of Pilates for sculpting a toned midsection and outlines several key floor exercises designed to target the core muscles, leading to a slimmer waistline.
Pilates is a productive exercise that’s chock-full of goodness. In fact, Pilates will be your new best friend when it comes to achieving your best workout results. This total-body workout can improve flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, posture, sleep, and so much more. You can easily adapt your workout to slim down, and we have just the right plan with the best Pilates floor exercises for a slimmer waist.
'Floor Pilates exercises a great way to tone the body and achieve defined muscle definition while shaping and sculpting the abdomen and waist,' explains Pamela Paley, NCPT and master trainer for Club Pilates. 'Breathwork is extremely important while doing the Pilates exercises as it engages and contracts the abdomen activating the small deeper muscles of the core.'
To sculpt your waistline, you need to perform exercises that engage the core muscles, such as the obliques, back muscles, and glutes, which are essential in stabilizing your spine. 'Ideally, Pilates, if done three to five days a week, depending on your fitness level, will help in sculpting muscles, improving flexibility, improving strength, and maintaining muscle elasticity while activating core strength with just 30 to 40 minutes a day,' Paley adds.
Below, Paley outlines her favorite Pilates floor exercises to build a strong, toned, and sculpted midsection. Lift your left knee out to the side while bending your torso so your left elbow touches your left knee. Take a big step back with your right foot to a lunge position, raising your arms overhead. Complete 10 to 15 reps. Hinge back to 45 degrees. Rise up higher as you pull your knees in toward your chest and back to the start position. Place your arms at your sides on the mat.
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