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PILATES: MVMT’s 30 day Journey

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WELCOME TO OUR MONTH OF DAILY PILATES PRACTICE, following the daily videos of MVMT with Cailin.

I like the pragmatic nature of Pilates, which emphasises core strength and stability, as it originated as a specially designed form of rehabilitative exercise. So Pilates focusses on recovery, core stability and conditioning and is likely to work with repetitions and bearing less of your body weight (in general) than Yoga. As one site suggests: “Pilates is based on movement; and yoga on both pose and stillness”.

So when MVMT dropped a daily practice challenge in January this year, I was torn between it and the YWA January challenge. At that time YWA won out, with plenty of HU yogis supporting any newbies with tips and motivation. And I love the daily Yoga practice now!

But I do want to give PILATES a good a go as I did with YOGA, so this months is it!

So join me for the whole month, or pop in here and there. I am looking forward to what a dedicated month of Pilates will be going for my legs, core, back and my running. And once I return to YWA’s calendar after this month, I’m hoping to see improvements in how easy it might then feel to do various flows. We’ll see!

So here is our new virtual ‘room’ to chat all things MVMT, and I’ll pin it as well. 📌

The MVMT 30-day playlist is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=P...

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Happy working out everyone!

★ ★ ★UPDATE: ★ ★ ★

We are almost halfway, so am listing all the individual workouts here for those who might want to catch up or revisit individual sessions:

Day 1: MVMT (32 min) Firing up the Core tinyurl.com/kbtn2yxv

Day 2: MVMT (27 min) Your Core Powerhouse tinyurl.com/fenp2wmd

Day 3: MVMT (29 min) Full Body Pilates tinyurl.com/yyzh99ck

Day 4: MVMT (32 min) Pilates Booty tinyurl.com/wcz5ca7u

Day 5: MVMT (30min) Pilates Shoulder & Upper Body Workout tinyurl.com/2x6nkvt6

Day 6: MVMT (26 min) Pilates Back Workout tinyurl.com/98af2f9a

Day 7: MVMT (27 min) Pilates Workout for Pelvic Floor tinyurl.com/59ws7x8e

Day 8: MVMT (28 min) Pilates Full Body Centering Flow tinyurl.com/2t228pxw

Day 9: MVMT (32 min) Pilates Slow Flow & Slow Burn Workout tinyurl.com/29c9pyr3

Day 10: MVMT (38 min)Pilates Stretch and Mobility Workout tinyurl.com/298ct3rz

Day 11: MVMT (26 min) Standing Pilates Workout tinyurl.com/y6ena6nx

Day 12: MVMT (32 min) Pilates Unilateral (Single-Side) Workout tinyurl.com/4u58hyba

Day 13: MVMT (26 min) Pilates Full Body Workout (with Towel prop) tinyurl.com/2ffecxjc

Day 14: MVMT (25 min) Pilates Core Strength (No Flexion) tinyurl.com/ew89bvs8

Day 15: MVMT (29 min) Pilates Spinal Mobility tinyurl.com/2k979zhn

Day 16: MVMT (25 min) Strengthen Your Back tinyurl.com/2rnekh46

Day 17: MVMT (25 min) Find your Rotation - Pilates Workout tinyurl.com/283jakje

Day 18: MVMT (34 min) Full Body Pilates Workout tinyurl.com/6j26x6kj

Day: 19: MVMT (27 min) Fire it Up! Pilates tinyurl.com/4f22mw3j

Day 20: MVMT (33min) Full Body Stretch tinyurl.com/y6jjmznc

Day 21: MVMT (31 min) Full Body Pilates with Weights tinyurl.com/4btc23c3

Day 22: MVMT (23 min) Full Body Pilates Flow tinyurl.com/y5rfc3n7

Day 23: MVMT (30 min) Freedom to Flow - Pilates Full Body Workout tinyurl.com/35w2njet

Day 24: MVMT (28 min) Pilates Standing Workout tinyurl.com/4jk7cpuu

Day 25: MVMT (22 min) Pilates Upper Body & Core Workout tinyurl.com/zcpd5xsy

Day 26: MVMT (27 min) All Core Pilates Workout tinyurl.com/p5htmnfy

Day 27: MVMT (22 min) Let’s Teaser! tinyurl.com/mfh8frwc

Day 28: MVMT (26 min) Expand and Extend tinyurl.com/wcj5c5sc

Day 29: MVMT (34 min) Pilates Full Body Mat & Standing Workout tinyurl.com/3e6hd65y

Day 30: MVMT (35 min) Pilates Full Body Centering Workout tinyurl.com/66mja5jd

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Day 1: MVMT (32 min) Firing up the Core tinyurl.com/kbtn2yxv

Great session. I found the repetitions were more heat inducing than YWA. Hubby finds it easier than YWA, but he has worked out his core a lot already. I enjoyed this one!

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I may try this later this evening - back from the gym, the workout was intense....( 15 calories on the rower, 20 Kettlebell swings and 10 sit ups ... repeat six times..... 😳

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Ohoohoo 😮 sounds ‘heavy’! Well done!

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Yes I know it’s the 3rd but did Day 1 today as thought it would set the scene. I am a Pilates newbie but lots of the movements are like yoga which was reassuring.

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Nice. Yeah, loads of poses in common, and then some nuanced differences. It’s great to ‘get’ into this new practice.

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Day 2: MVMT (27 min) Your Core Powerhouse tinyurl.com/fenp2wmd

Side planks are near impossible, but half planks are suggested as alternatives for some of the movements, like mermaid twists. This session is great. Hubby says he still likes YWA better, so I’m hoping he’ll stick with it. We also had problems with stuttering video, so I’ll try playing it through a diff’t device next time.

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Thanks for posting this. Just tried day 1. Even though I’ve been doing Pilates for a while it was great to be reminded of the basics re the core! Hoping to carry on with the 30 day challenge.

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Nice! I’m still a Pilates newbie so looking forward to getting used to Pilates.

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Day 3: MVMT (29 min) Full Body Pilates tinyurl.com/yyzh99ck

I have to admit, I have to rest my legs on the floor between different exercises, but otherwise I am managing. Kind of. On my belly, lifting both legs and arms (superman stretches) are barely visible, but they’re there. Really. Sideways both-leg raises.... I’m working on that! 😂😂

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Day 4: MVMT (32 min) Pilates Booty tinyurl.com/wcz5ca7u

Well this one was all about the glutes! And she really manages to push me to my limit. I still have to put my foot down after finishing one series of repetitions, but for the more fit of us (like hubby beside me), they can follow the instructions and move to the next series of repetitions without inbetween resting your leg in the floor.

Wowsa! 🥵

But it makes me already want to repeat the whole series of 30 days once I’m finished, as there is no way it doesn’t tone your core! And starting again should show me how much I have improved (and how much I still have yet to go!)

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Day 5: MVMT (30min) Pilates Shoulder & Upper Body Workout tinyurl.com/2x6nkvt6

Great upper body workout with weird, new movements (awkward plane, anyone?). Also how upper body contributes to core. I did amend the plank push-ups to half plank push-ups, and had to again rest limbs between different sets. But this really gets my heat going!

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Just tried this one and my favourite so far!! I like the way some moves were repeated from the previous videos and I'm finding it easier to follow now I'm more used to her. The awkward plane was definitely awkward and weird and not sure I did that right 🤪I loved the twisty mermaid stretch - it felt so good. These vids definitely get my heat going too!!

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Day 6: MVMT (26 min) Pilates Back Workout tinyurl.com/98af2f9a

After a good workout in the house and garden (cleaning, weeding 🤣🤣) this workout was just perfect to get all the kinks out of my back. Nice! One plank, but also reverse planks, funny supermans and awkward dry swimming. Great new moves!

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Day 7: MVMT (27 min) Pilates Workout for Pelvic Floor tinyurl.com/59ws7x8e

I am beginning to really like this series. Each one of these 25-30min workouts is a bit more intensive than what I am used from YWA (hubby says otherwise), but I specifically like how it builds up incrementally day by day, and moves the focus from one part of the body to another. And doing this whilst returning to known movements, but with a little alteration that specifically works out that body part that the respective episode is focussing on.

This time pelvis, and it involved bridges, planks and cat cows, but all with little alterations making you much more conscious of your pelvic muscles.

Nice!

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Day 8: MVMT (28 min) Pilates Full Body Centering Flow tinyurl.com/2t228pxw

Nice moves, which must be great for runners, focussing on Quads and Glutes, which is also great for knees.

Only thing too intensive for me is the controlled roll over. And I might have had to put legs down in-between series, as usual.

But I can feel the burn! And also the stretch!

👍🏽💪

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Thanks for all these posts CBDB.Unfortunately, I got an injury during my COGH final run and so only started these yesterday. I've found the first 2 sessions tougher than YWA but I really enjoyed them

👍 😀

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CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply toSmilingTortoise1

Oh noooo (injury on COGH) but Yeyiiiihh (started Pilates).

Yeah, me too. Tougher but enjoyable! Let me know how you feel they develop as I certainly find there is more of a development through the series than I am used to in YWA, where each workout could theoretically be exchanged for another one. Here one workout builds on another.

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Day 9: MVMT (32 min) Pilates Slow Flow & Slow Burn Workout tinyurl.com/29c9pyr3

Almost forgot to post yesterday’s Slow Flow Pilates workout! It was certainly slow, painfully so. Quite a few slow-motion moves I just was unable to hold that long, so I fear I was at times faster, needing a bit of momentum to sit up from lying, for instance. But boy 🥵, what a workout!

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Day 10: MVMT (38 min)Pilates Stretch and Mobility Workout tinyurl.com/298ct3rz

We really really liked this one. Loads of new stretches, with literally all sorts of twists.

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Day 11: MVMT (26 min) Standing Pilates Workout tinyurl.com/y6ena6nx

Ok, balance is not quite my thing, although I’m getting better. Squads strangely were hard on my knees, with a bit of niggling pain in certain postures, so I drew back from that as well. Hm 🤔 😞

So overall ... hmm ... not sure about this one🤨

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Completed Day 11 just now. Wow, so many squats and many new twists that are not seen elsewhere. That's what I am enjoying about Pilates, every session has a surprise element!

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Yeah! Wait till you get to know the “banana” . 😂😂Some great moves! 👍🏽😃

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Can't wait!! 🤞🤞

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Day 12: MVMT (32 min) Pilates Unilateral (Single-Side) Workout tinyurl.com/4u58hyba

Nice session today. I like single-sides. It feels like one side can rest always 😁 except for those side planks, no side can rest there 😳.

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My ankle is still not up to running so it's great to have this series to do some work on strength and stop me feeling too sorry for myself! I've just done Days 8 and 9 and day 8 is my new favourite. I was surprised when it finished as it seemed to go quickly. I liked that most of the moves were familiar and some of it felt a little like ywa. I found the controlled roll challenging and was glad no one could see me trying to do them as there was very little control 😆 Looking forward to a stretchy day tomorrow 👍

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Yeah, I think I’m with you with day 8 being a favourite.

I do have a feeling it is really working out my muscles, as I need a roller session after some of those Pilates sessions! 😄🤣

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Oh yes definitely working some muscles and I think some I've not used much before! When I do the rolling up from lying I'm a bit like a dying fly 😅

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😂 maybe a upside down turtle 🐢 or even tortoise? Fits with my slow running as well! We‘ll get there, slowly bit by bit! 👍🏽💪🏃🏽‍♀️

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Day 13: MVMT (26 min) Pilates Full Body Workout (with Towel prop) tinyurl.com/2ffecxjc

This is nifty, Pilates with a towel trick. Who needs a Pilates machine, when you have plenty of towels in your Home?

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Day 14: MVMT (25 min) Pilates Core Strength (No Flexion) tinyurl.com/ew89bvs8

Another future favourite one of mine. It has some planking in it, just as a warning. But it made me want to plan doing JuJu’s plankathon at some point in the next months. That means, planking seams feasible now for me, I struggle but I still plank!

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I sweated a lot on this day, wonder why. Probably the weather, or the moves. Enjoyed thoroughly nonetheless.

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Day 15: MVMT (29 min) Pilates Spinal Mobility tinyurl.com/2k979zhn

We missed out a day yesterday as I was not feeling well. So now we’ll have to catch-up a day at some point.

But this session was all about back flexibility. My back: not really that flexible. Specifically slow roll ups are hard and really only doable with a belt or towel as helper. My back just doesn’t roll, and there is a section which just flops flat down when rolling down and needing a bit momentum when rolling up.

So slow and controlled ... yeah... right.

But loved it anyway. 😃💪👍🏽

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I love the side planks with the twists 🌝🌝. Fun session today

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👏👏👏👍🏽

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Day 16: MVMT (25 min) Strengthen Your Back tinyurl.com/2rnekh46

Forgot to post this yesterday. We did this last thing before going to bed (getting used to this evening practice. It’s becoming easier)

This one was one of the easier one. It felt a bit like yoga. Pinwheels were great (need a lot of space around you, though). But this stretched and flexed your back thoroughly.

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Day 17: MVMT (25 min) Find your Rotation - Pilates Workout tinyurl.com/283jakje

I am a day behind and still have to do day 17.... uuuhhh slippery slope. But a conference I organised today got in the way of anything else. But looking forward to this for tomorrow!

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Yup, we have just done this one, a real nice one. Hubby had a crick jn his neck from falling asleep on the couch, and it was all gone afterwards. For me, it was great doing it after my 8.5k run this morning!

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Day 18: MVMT (34 min) Full Body Pilates Workout tinyurl.com/6j26x6kj

I am seeing progress, I think. Full slow pull-ups now possible with just a blanket folded twice behind me. Leg kicks also ok. Pinwheels feel great.

Nice overall Pilates workout.

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Day: 19: MVMT (27 min) Fire it Up! Pilates tinyurl.com/4f22mw3j

Certainly fire-y 🔥 🔥🔥🔥 Beware of your knees, beware of planks coming left field, squats from all directions, lunges galore. 🥵🥵🥵🥵 … and my knees hurt now! 😭😡😤

But I made it through! 💪😏😛

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Day 20: MVMT (33min) Full Body Stretch tinyurl.com/y6jjmznc

This sounded exhausting but this was actually a really nice, slow stretch from feet to neck. Really nice and slow.

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Day 21: MVMT (31 min) Full Body Pilates with Weights tinyurl.com/4btc23c3

Wow! This one was with weights! Hubby had heavier ones, I lighter so it was similarly hard for both of us.

There was only one amendment I needed; just as I am super-kind to my sensitive knees, I didn’t do the “sit on your heels and lift and sit back and repeat” kind of thing, but just sat cross-legged and did the arm movements.

Although my knees have gotten much better since starting daily yoga in Jan, I still can’t do pidgeon poses, or sitting on heels, or non-extended child’s pose. I’ll get there, slowly.

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Day 22: MVMT (23 min) Full Body Pilates Flow tinyurl.com/y5rfc3n7

A real flow… a quite intensive one … but flowy. Not quite as flowy as yoga, and hubby and I both prefer either not-flowy Pilates, or full flowy Yoga, but less this kind of flowy Pilates.

But as good workout. Only one hunching on heels and one plank glow I had to amend.

Happy flow, everyone!

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Dropped the dayly Pilates ball a bit due to work and focussing on running every other day. It’s a give and take.

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Day 23: MVMT (30 min) Freedom to Flow - Pilates Full Body Workout tinyurl.com/35w2njet

A nice twisty one which feels like it will make your spine supple, but increases in heat inducing planking with twists, that leave you hot and sweaty. Well, at least it did me. Hubby did many of the movements with full plank positions whereas I opted half of the time for half planks.

Wew! 🥵😀😅

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Day 24: MVMT (28 min) Pilates Standing Workout tinyurl.com/4jk7cpuu

Good for butt muscles and glutes 😃, works calf muscles as well and definitely works on your balance skills! ⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️

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Day 26: MVMT (27 min) All Core Pilates Workout tinyurl.com/p5htmnfy

The banana 🍌 move was a new one on me! Intrigued? Go on! This is a great spinal and core focussed session.

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Day 27: MVMT (22 min) Let’s Teaser! tinyurl.com/mfh8frwc

I had to use a belt much of the way, but hey, what are props for? Even with belt, for me a sweat inducing workout.

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🐕&🐈‍⬛Day 28: MVMT (26 min) Expand and Extend tinyurl.com/wcj5c5sc

Struggled a bit today, due to headaches, but other than that this was a nice stretch. The boat was impossible, though.

But more important: we got to get to know her dog and cat! And two cuties they are! 🥰

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Day 29: MVMT (34 min) Pilates Full Body Mat & Standing Workout tinyurl.com/3e6hd65y

This one was a doozy! Long and hot. And down on the mat and up standing. Long balance moves, such as standing figure 4s with additional moves before and after. Uff 😥.

But only one day to go!

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Day 30: MVMT (35 min) Pilates Full Body Centering Workout tinyurl.com/66mja5jd

A nice medium-effort workout revisiting some old moves, allowing you to experience the progress made.

And yessssss!!!!

🎉🎉🎉🥳🎈🎁🍾🎁🎈🥳🎉🎉🎉

We did it! Finally finished the 30 day Pilates challenge.

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Thank you so much for this link CBDB my hubby is keen to do a daily Pilates session similar to the YWA daily practices I do. These look just the thing. linda9389 suggested I look through your pinned posts. Perfect. Will let you know how he gets on.🤞👌xxx

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Oh enjoy! MVMT has started to always drop a YouTube 30 day Pilates journey every January . This post is last year’s and was the first.

As it clashes with YWA, my hubby and I have decided to catch with her 2022 journey in the summer. So I’ll be dropping another post like this with her newest practice (her 2nd 30 day journey) sometime in the summer.

So enjoy this one. As you can probably tell, we loved it!

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