Get ready for our second Beginner’s Pilates series. Enjoy another 30 minutes of simple Pilates exercises to strengthen your abdominals and obliques. Begin with some lateral breathing before taking some gentle mobilising movements. Then it’s onto the main workout:

Block 1 – spine curls, cross crawls, cross crawls with knee lifts and cross crawls with leg extensions
Block 2 – bird-dog combo, bird-dog combo with lift and bird-dog combo with pulses
Block 3 – cobra press as well as single and double leg kicks
Block 4 – the saw and roll downs
Finally, cool down with gentle side reaches and butterfly