This post is (or rather will be) a summary post for all the instruction posts for the 34 Pilates Mat exercises as celebrated during March MATness. I realized that it might be handy to have one post with links to all the others.
March MATness is an annual event initiated by Benjamin Degenhardt to celebrate the exercise system developed by Joseph Pilates by using the month of March to do (about) one exercise from the Mat sequence per day - the only sequence for which we actually have a book from and with Joe! This is what Degenhardt's company is sharing: 360pilates.com/marchmatness/
You can read more about the background here: healthunlocked.com/strength...
What do you need for the MATness? See this post, which also contains some more background material: healthunlocked.com/strength...
Can't wait to get started (it's not March!)? Check out this collection of teachers some of us have found on- and offline: healthunlocked.com/strength......
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LIVE CLASSES: Quite a few Pilates teachers from around the world are offering donation-based classes throughout the month to raise funds for the Pilates Transparency Project. See this post: healthunlocked.com/strength...
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A note about spelling: I tend to capitalize mat because, originally at least, the exercises were done on a mat designed by Joseph Pilates himself (he called it The Mat 😉). So, yea, he also invented a ton of gadgets - and was a bit quirky about spelling... Degenhardt is using MATness continuing that quirkiness... Though for all three (me included) English is not our first language, so there's that...
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🥳 🥳 🥳 THE EXERCISES 🥳 🥳 🥳
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Below is the list of the 34 Mat exercises - links to the individual posts will appear as I've posted them... For March MATness, Scissors & Bicycle, the two Leg Pulls, and Seal & Crab are paired to be done on one day since March only has 31 days. (2023 Calendar is here: drive.proton.me/urls/AADJAZ... )
I am using the names Joe gave the exercises in his 1945 book Return to Life Through Contrology.
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Playlist with all the Online Pilates Classes videos and newly discovered videos from Andrea Maida from March MATness 2019 (adding exercises as we go along): youtube.com/playlist?list=P...
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March 1 - The Hundred: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 2 - The Roll Up: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 3 - The Roll Over with Legs Spread (Both Ways): healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 4 - The One Leg Circles (Both Ways): healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 5 - Rolling Back: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 6 - The One Leg Stretch: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 7 - The Double Leg Stretch: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 8 - The Spine Stretch: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 9 - Rocker With Open Legs: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 10 - The Cork Screw: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 11 - The Saw: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 12 - The Swan-Dive: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 13 - The One Leg Kick: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 14 - The Double Kick: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 15 - The Neck Pull: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 16 - The Scissors: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 16 (Exercise 17) - The Bicycle: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 17 (Exercise 18) - The Shoulder Bridge: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 18 (Exercise 19) - The Spine Twist: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 19 (Exercise 20) - The Jack-Knife: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 20 (Exercise 21) - The Side Kick: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 21 (Exercise 22) - The Teaser: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 22 (Exercise 23) - The Hip Twist With Stretched Arms: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 23 (Exercise 24) - Swimming: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 24 (Exercise 25) - The Leg-Pull - Front: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 24 (Exercise 26) - The Leg-Pull: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 25 (Exercise 27) - The Side Kick Kneeling: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 26 (Exercise 28) - The Side Bend: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 27 (Exercise 29) - The Boomerang: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 28 (Exercise 30) - The Seal: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 28 (Exercise 31) - The Crab: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 29 (Exercise 32) - The Rocking: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 30 (Exercise 33) - The Control Balance: healthunlocked.com/strength...
March 31 (Exercise 34) - The Push Up: 🥳 healthunlocked.com/strength...
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The full 34 exercise sequence demonstrated by Lesley Logan can be found here:
youtube.com/watch?v=DguQkFo...
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And a playlist of all 34 exercises by Mara Sievers from Pilates Encyclopedia:
youtube.com/playlist?list=P...
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Keep moving. Keep smiling! 😊
