Pilates 101: 9 Essential Reformer Moves For Your Best Body Ever

Core-chiseling,muscle-elongating, body-shaping.... There's nothing quite like a good Pilates routine. And our team is into it for 2016!

Andrea Speir's new Santa Monica studio, Speir Pilates, is the ultimate studio as far as we're concerned. We recently visited Andrea for her reformer-based Pilates class and experienced a killer workout with results we could feel from day one.

A few members of our team recently purchased reformers (see our pick!) to use at home. To make sure we know what we're doing with all of our flying limbs, we plan on hitting up Andrea's gorgeous new studio periodically to stay in good form!  Below Andrea is walking us through the nine essential reformer moves she uses to give her clients the chiseled, elongated Pilates bods the reformer is known to create - in just 30 minutes a session. Here's Andrea on the reformer and how to use it!

The reformer is a bed-like piece of equipment that will help you find your proper posture and safely, efficiently and effectively change the health and look of your body. The Pilates reformer has been used by physical therapist for years for its amazing therapeutic benefits and also by Hollywood elite because of its incredibly chiseling results.

The method of Joseph Pilates is to begin with your body in this basic position, then build and tone it all the way to your standing position so you can walk out of your session proud, tall and strong.

Here are my nine moves recommended for the Chalkboard girls as they embrace those at-home reformers! This combination will provide a balanced and effective workout in 30 minutes or less.

A note on reformers: Different reformers have different spring variations. The spring references below refer to the set-up for the most common brand, Balanced Body. If you don’t have a Balanced Body model, follow the chart listed here so you can match your reformer to this routine accordingly: Blue Spring - your lightest spring  Red Spring - medium  Green - heaviest

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