Stott Pilates: Active for Life

This video combines a gentle yet efficient workout with the comfort of never leaving your chair. Beginners and those with mobility limitations can increase circulation, strengthen posture, and improve agility with a 19-minute workout. You will love the ease with which you can balance strength with flexibility while relieving pain and preventing injury.

If lower back pain, neck tension and postural problems are cramping your quality of life, this program can help. Reduce back pain, correct your posture and lengthen your spine with Standing Tall, a beginner level workout designed for use with the Exercise Mat. Increase your circulation and gain control over poor postural habits.

This energizing workout allows you to boost core muscle strength while exercising from the comfort of your armchair. Ideal for adults of any age, these exercises will help you improve mobility and endurance, and strengthen the torso muscles, arms and legs.

The aim of contemporary, anatomically-based Pilates training, such as STOTT PILATES, is to develop optimal neuromuscular performance by focusing on core stability, while safely balancing muscular strength with flexibility. Whether performed on a Mat or on specialized equipment, Pilates that incorporates modern theories of exercise science and spinal rehabilitation should involve the following biomechanical principles - breathing, pelvic placement, rib cage placement, scapular movement and stabilization, and head and cervical placement. By introducing these principles and reinforcing them over time, awareness of how the body moves is developed. This mind-body awareness ensures focus on precision and control to realize the full benefits of any exercise program.