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41-Minute Intermediate Pilates Mat Class with Level Options
Video by Unite Health on YouTube · Open on YouTube
An APPI Pilates course educator teaches a class that builds each move in levels: standing squats and spine twists, hovering four-point and long plank, elbow-prop leg work, roll-ups, scissors, side bends, shoulder bridges and a prone series. Pick the level that suits you.
- 41 min
- Intermediate
- Low impact (no jumping)
- mat
Step by step 14
Tap a time to watch that step in the video.
- Standing foot series: sit back into a squat, then add calf raises and a soft overhead reach of the arms. 1:01
- Wide squat with spine twists: hips stay facing forward as the ribs turn, changing the arm position each round. 3:14
- Roll down into a shell stretch, then four-point hovers with a flat back, as if balancing a tray of drinks. 5:54
- Long plank: push forward from the hover into a plank and back, resting the knees between if needed, then hold. 9:18
- On the elbows: swimming legs reaching back, then bent-knee lifts toward the ceiling and pulses, each side. 11:30
- Pigeon stretch: one knee forward, foot across the body, lower over it and breathe; then the other side. 14:45
- Seated half roll-backs: roll into a C-shape, nod and stack up tall, then add overhead reaches. 15:43
- Five full roll-ups with long legs, rolling down and up one bone at a time to finish lying down. 19:10
- Scissors: toe taps from double tabletop with hip bones level, then faster alternating, then one-leg stretch. 20:40
- Side bend on the elbow with an arm reach and thread the needle, then a full side bend with a twist. 23:44
- Shoulder bridge: peel up one vertebra at a time, then add a leg to tabletop, walking bridges and holds. 27:42
- Other side: the elbow side bend with arm reach and thread the needle, then the full side bend and twist. 30:53
- Cat stretch on all fours, then wag the hips side to side to mobilise the spine. 35:11
- Face down: hover the hands and pulse them, add the head lift, then snow angels; finish with stretches. 36:25
The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.
Form cues from the coach
- Keep the back flat as if balancing a tray of drinks while the legs move
- Peel the spine up and down one vertebra at a time in the bridge
- Keep the hip bones level and the shoulders relaxed as the legs tap
What it works Whole body
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Joints it uses 4 takes load
- Shoulders takes loadfour-point hovers, long plank, side bends on the hand
- Wrists & hands takes loadfour-point hovers, long plank, full side bend
- Hips takes loadsquats, donkey kicks, single-leg bridges, pigeon
- Knees takes loadsquats, squat twist holds, kneeling work
- Neck moveshead lifted in leg stretch and roll-ups
- Elbows moveselbow-prop leg work, side bend on the elbow
- Upper back movesstanding spine twists, prone snow angels
- Lower back movesroll-ups, C-curve roll-backs, cat stretch
- Ankles & feet movescalf raises in the squat series
- Kneeling. Pressure on the kneecaps — a folded towel or cushion under the knees helps.
- Weight on your hands. The wrists bend back under load. Fists, push-up handles or your forearms ease it.
- Down on the floor. You get down to the floor and back up again.
- Rounding or twisting the back. With osteoporosis or a back problem, move smoothly and within comfort, and ask a physio which suit you.
Easier option from the coach: Every move taught in levels; side bend on the elbow and knees; knees down to rest
A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated
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Video by Unite Health; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety