Popular At Home Workouts You Can Do Without The Fancy Equipment

Pilates

Although Pilates is closely related to yoga, since the only necessary item is a yoga mat and the poses are quite similar, there are some fundamental differences. One of these differences is pilates tends to make individuals work up more of a sweat and wake up with sore muscles the next day. Pilates keeps you moving, and only ever stopping for a couple of seconds. Popular moves in pilates include the criss-cross, which requires individuals to lie on their mat, bring their legs to a ninety-degree angle, put their hands behind their head, and perform crunches where they draw their left elbow to their right knee and right elbow to left knee while extending the other leg. Pilates also modifies yoga’s traditional 'downward dog' by encouraging individuals to bring one leg up in a split, then drawing it through to touch their elbow before bringing it up to a split again.

In essence, every move in pilates will help get your blood pumping. While you do not need anything aside from a yoga mat for this workout, some moves will benefit from a resistance band.

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