Solshine Pilates

10 minute standing Hip Strength & Mobility workout with a resistance loop ✨

This sequence is great if…
-Your hips feel tight
-You feel wobbly and easily loose balance when lunging or standing on one leg
-You glutes feel week

When you strengthen your hips in all planes of motion, it helps alleviate overactive hip flexors, & improve dynamic balance and postural stability 🙌

Make sure to try the last slide → at the end of the sequence after all of the others. Your hips will immediately feel looser 🙌

15-20 x each move…

(1) Hip Extension: straight leg kickbacks + mini squat kickback
(2) Hip flexion: straight leg lifts + mini squat to tabletop
(3) Hip abduction: straight leg side kicks + mini squat to side kick
(4) Squat side kicks alternating
(5) Squat side kicks no band + deep squat stretch

The full guided version will be in my Solshine library next week, plus I have lots of other on-demand classes like this. Message me & I’ll send it to you directly 💌

💡 You can use a pilates box, a yoga block or a regular stair step + a wall or countertop to hold on to. Anything to give you a little elevation off the floor so that you can maintain pelvic alignment.

Try this and let me know how it goes 👇

10 min Abs & Arms ☀️. Join me by the river at one of my favorite northern Cali nature spots!

I love filming classes in studio, but truly there’s nothing like movement in outdoor beauty and the peace it brings.

I also just added a new “outdoor workout” category to SolShine, filled with classes I’ve filmed in stunning locations around the world. DM me for the direct link to try them free for a week 💌

This sequence comes from a few clips of one of classes. All you need is a 9 inch stability ball, and light weights…

(1) Bent leg rollup + fly
(2)Partial rollup, one arm fly + row with twist
(3) One arm press + seated spine twist
(4) Double leg stretch variations
(5) Butterfly stretch + heart opener 🦋

Ps, you can also try these moves with a resistance band wrapped around your feet as I demo in recent post. Let me know how it goes!

Full Body Core Strength & Length 🔥

Just added this new 20 min guided “Sculpt Circuit” to my Solshine library ☀️. Catered to all levels.

I love this flow because it strengthens the stabilizers, arms and entire core, and leaves you feeling really balanced.

Move with slow control. 10 reps each:

(1) Frog leg lift + tricep pushup (inner thighs & triceps).
(2) One arm press + seated squat (quads & shoulders)
(3) Bird dog variation + tricep kickback (triceps & full body stability)
(4) Weight pass off in low or high plank (Full body strength & stability)
(5) Kneeling side lying variation (obliques, arms, shoulder & hips stability)
(6) Kneeling lateral flexion (obliques, hip stability)
(7) Kneeing side twist and lift ( side body stability, obliques, inner thighs)
(8) Swimming variation (back extensors, shoulder stabilizers, glutes)

Check out all the classes like this in the FIRE (Pilates x Strength) section of my virtual studio with a free trial ☀️

Let me know what you think of this sequence 🤗