Intermediate Pilates

Intermediate Pilates – Front, back & sides

Instructor: Laura Firth
Props: Soft ball

This class works the whole core- front back and sides. Working equal strength and mobility to prepare for the more challenging exercises.

Intermediate Pilates – Planks

Instructor: Laura Firth | Props: None

This class will take you the all the planks- front back and sides. Working up to your planks with shoulder, spine & hip, mobility and stability.

Intermediate Pilates – Spine & Hips

Instructor: Laura Firth | Props: Resistance band, towel (optional)

This class works towards the Teaser; stretching the hamstrings, strengthening the hip flexors, mobilising the spine, deepening the core connection- all elements that will help you achieve your teaser.

Intermediate Pilates – Side Body

Instructor: Laura Firth | Props: towel/block is optional

There’s plenty of spinal mobility to warm up in this class, which helps to prepare for the oblique (side abdominal) work. Working towards side bend & twist, with a practice of boomerang at the end.

Intermediate Pilates – Boomerang

Instructor: Laura Firth | Props: Resistance band

This class works through shoulder & spinal mobility with the assistance of the band to work towards the advanced exercise, Boomerang.

Intermediate Pilates – Full Body

Instructor: Laura Firth | Props: None

This class starts with a mobility warm up to ensure the muscles of the torso are ready for the core work. Challenging the body through stability and mobility exercises.

Pilates Progressions – The Jackknife

Instructor: Jane Linden-Brown | Props: Ball and a towel

Pilates progressions is a class that looks at the intermediate and advanced exercises that may not come up often in a mixed ability class. We look at the objective of each exercise, and any contraindications and modifications that may come up for your body. You will soon build confidence with the intermediate and advanced repertoire.

Intermediate Foam Roller Flow

Instructor: Jane Linden-Brown
Props: Foam roller

This class is a steady foam roller flow. By adding the foam roller to familiar mat exercises, you will feel how it challenges balance which forces you to work your stabilisers harder. Be prepared to feel your muscles!

Intermediate Pilates – Weights & Band Workout

Instructor: Laura Firth
Props: x2 weights 0.5 – 2kg & light-medium resistance band

This class uses the weights & resistance band to challenge and assist the exercises throughout. Great class to challenge core strength, in the capacity of stability and mobility of the spine, hips & shoulder.

Intermediate Pilates – Abs

Instructor: Jane Linden – We will be using the ball throughout the whole class. Expect to see exercises such as jack knife, teaser and boomerang. 80% of this class works on the intermediate repertoire, but 20% of the class works on the advanced exercises. Prepare to feel the burn!!!

Instructor: Jane Linden
Props: Towel & foam roller – This class flows from one exercise to the other, and is definitely a full body workout. Most of the class is done without the foam roller, however the foam roller creates a challenge to very basic exercises so that you feel them in a completely different way!!

Intermediate Pilates – Centring & Control

Instructor: Jane Howarth
Props: Soft Overball

An Intermediate Pilates routine to identify your good habits as we practice the intermediate Mat exercises paying close attention to our weight distribution while we move. Offering techniques that will help you appreciate the control each exercise really takes. Predominantly working to strengthen the core muscles, we we also find length and flexibility as we work through a ‘pacy’ class fitting many of the exercises from the Pilates repertoire.

Intermediate Foam Roller

Instructor: Jane Linden
Props: Foam roller

This workout requires a foam roller but many of the exercises can be done with a pilates ball. The foam roller provides an unstable surface to challenge balance and stability throughout.

Intermediate Foam Roller

Instructor: Jane Linden
Props: Foam roller

This workout requires a foam roller but many of the exercises can be done with a pilates ball. The foam roller provides an unstable surface to challenge balance and stability throughout.

Intermediate Band Workout

Instructor: Jane Linden
Props: Resistance band

This class uses a band nearly all the way through the class, and there is a strong enphasis on the back and shoulder muscles. A great class to improve upper body posture!!

Intermediate Pilates – Band Workout

Instructor: Jane Linden
Props: Resistance band

This is a whole body workout using the band to add load to your muscles. Get ready to sweat a little as this is a class that moves at a steady pace!

Intermediate Pilates – Fluidity

Instructor: Laura Firth
Props: Towel

Using the traditional Pilates repertoire, while adding variations, flow between the exercises, and plenty of combos to spice it up. It’s a medium paced class, in which you certainly need to be familiar with the fundamentals of Pilates, modifications and feel confident with these.