Shoulder Bridge By Amanda Turner Kerry doing Shoulder Bridge on the CadillacSummer is upon us, and you know what that means – another lower body focused exercise! Although I love a good glute exercise – I love Shoulder Bridge for…
Short Box Series By Amanda Turner While we have previously examined Tree, since we’re all surviving the Coronavirus quarantine together, I thought it would be an excellent time to go over this series seated on the Mat, Reformer Mat style! As…
By Amanda Turner Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and feel rested, rejuvenated, and ready to invigorate your Pilates work! This month, I wanted to take a closer look at Swan. I love Swan because it can…
By Kerry De Vivo Today (December 9th) is Joe Pilates’ birthday. Though he passed away in 1967, his method of physical and mental conditioning lives on today. He created a method, not random exercises, and you can see that on…
By Amanda Turner Left: Amanda & Caraline, Excel Pilates Annapolis teachers, perfecting Tree Right: Scott, Excel Pilates Annapolis client since 2017, doing Tree on the Reformer “Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree”…any guesses as to this month’s exercise?!? That’s right, you guessed…
By Amanda Turner Excel Pilates Annapolis clients Stacey & Zoë doing Rolling Stomach Massage Happy November, the month of feasting! With Friendsgivings, Thanksgiving, and the start of holiday treats, I thought that it would be a great time to review the exercise…
by Amanda Turner Teaser by Excel Pilates Annapolis clients: Katie, Stacey, and Kelly I’m back again!! This month I thought I’d go with the most notorious Pilates exercise…Teaser!! I know, I know, I hear the sighs of dread; but, I’m…
May 2015 Scoopby Kerry De Vivo The Law of Gravity– Defy It! Here at Excel Pilates Annapolis, we pride ourselves on being outlaws and in fact promoting it, well… exclusively for defying the law of gravity that is. One of…
by Amanda Turner It’s so hard to pick a favorite exercise (as this is the first “Exercise of the Month,” I feel I should pick my favorite – don’t you??). So, here’s the deciding factor – it is the exercise that I was most devastated to…
At Excel Pilates Annapolis (EPA), one of the session formats we offer is a duet session. Sometimes duet partners are level matched by the studio and sometimes they are people who knew each other and started sessions together. It is so fun…
by Kerry De Vivo Recently, a female client since 2002 (the year Excel Pilates Annapolis opened, for you history buffs) said, “I notice there are a lot more guys coming to the studio these days.” I was so excited to…
At Excel Pilates Annapolis, all of our teachers are second or third generation teachers, teaching Pilates from the direct lineage of Joseph H. Pilates. After the passing of Joseph Pilates, his studio was managed by his wife, Clara. Later, Romana…
by Lesa McLaughlin Owner, Excel Pilates DC “So much to accomplish in 24 hours.” “There is never enough time in the day.” “I do not have enough time to exercise.” “I wish I could fit a workout into my schedule.”…
The Teaser Family Tree by Kerry De Vivo Every exercise in the Pilates vocabulary is related. Like a family tree, we can take an exercise and work backwards through the order to find the similarities as well as the fundamental…
PLEASE PARDON THE INTERRUPTION by Kerry De Vivo When I began teaching Pilates over 20 years ago, the studio policy, “In consideration of others, please turn off cell phones,” did not exist. That is because we did not all have cell phones.…