Juliet's Pilates

20/09/2026

If it made you chuckle, that’s all I want 🤣
Do you like “Woodpecker, The banging your head against a tree publication?” I’m quite pleased with that - I came up with that walking this morning, inspired by the jokey, vintage style books sitting on the shelf in my loo.

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20/09/2026

Do you clean your teeth on holiday? When you go away for a few days, do you leave prescription meds at home?

Just asking because keeping up with regular exercise is just another (hugely effective) way to look after yourself and to be able to look forward to being a kick axxe pensioner rather than a kick the bucket alternative!

We have an action packed Autumn schedule including pure mat, seated work, weight training, balls, bands, circles, loops, reformer on the mat, mat versus weights, poles, the wall, sliders, blocks, rollers, stretch, burn, lengthen, strengthen…. Have I forgotten anything 🤔

Our library has classes from 5 to 55 mins with everything in between, all on a screen in your home so there really are no excuses but if you’re still coming up with some, I ask you - do you clean your teeth on holiday? Head to my weekly blog (link in bio) to find out what I’m talking about and have a wonderful Sunday 💕

18/09/2026

Exercise is for life not just for Christmas.

I was teaching last week and, at the end of the class, someone came up and said, “I won’t see you for two weeks as I’m going on holiday. I’ll miss my classes.”
Quick as a flash, I suggested she join us online so that she could continue with her exercise, to which she replied, “Er, hello? It’s a HOLIDAY!”

And there it is. Right there!

OF COURSE we all need a holiday and a break from the norm but I ask you this: when you go on holiday, do you stop cleaning your teeth? If you take medication, do you leave it at home? Do you lie in the sun with no SPF and spend a fortnight without moisturising your skin? I bet you don’t, because these are all things we do to look after ourselves and keep ourselves well. So why stop exercising?

Im chatting about this and more in today’s blog. Need a little motivation to get you started or to keep you on track? I’ve got a few ideas. Head over to my weekly blog. Link in bio

11/09/2026

We know why. We know how often and now we know what to lift.
However, what do these different terms mean regarding reps ranges and how to repeat?

There are different ways we can load up.

A familiar and very effective way is 8-12 reps, three times round, but why 3 times?

What about Supersets, Pyramid sets, Circuit training?

There are different ways to load the exercises. Same exercises but different ways to style it out to create variety and challenge and keep the brain active as well as the body.

Head to today’s blog where I discuss this in more detail and explain the differences. 💕

If you fancy joining the October British Heart Foundation Strong Woman Challenge, you will be well prepped.

Link in bio ⬆️
Thanks to ultrajohnson for no.3 and BHF Louise Johnson

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09/09/2026

07/09/2026

Not much more to add really. Hit me up if you’ve been here 😉

(Still got goggle marks from yesterday 🤣)
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04/09/2026

Ok. So you know WHY and you know HOW OFTEN but you’re still unsure about HOW HEAVY?

It can be confusing and walking into a gym can be enormously scary. For starters, if you join me online, we are lifting 2-3 times a week and you can join from the privacy and safety of your own home with me on speeddial BUT wherever you are, let’s help you feel more confident about what you’re lifting.

In my blog today, I break it down and simplify the mystery around it. Keep it simple. Why complicate?

If you are totally new to weights or just need some reassurance about what you’re already doing, I explain what to expect and how to safely challenge yourself and progress.

Find the link in my bio to my weekly blog and I hope if I can help you feel more confident about your weight training workouts.

Next week, I’ll be discussing the different class structures, like single sets, supersets and more. We like to mix it up for variety so alternatively, just join me online and I’ll do all the thinking for you!

03/09/2026

IMHO

Can be scary to put your opinions out there but I get asked this quite a lot.

I love to see a class where everyone just KNOWS where/how/when to adapt.

I’ve done DECADES of attending teacher training, lying on mats next to exceptionally experienced teachers (and I’d like to think after more than 20 years of teaching plus several years as a teacher trainer and committed to regular upskilling training, I’m advanced!!) but are we all mirror images of eachother? Of course not.

My 58 year old body reminds me regularly about the results of a lifetime of doing sport and exercise. Any teachers reading this might agree with me that we all get a bit broken from time to time. You look at a class of experienced teachers on the mat and there will be a lot of variety around how we work. Actually, it can be quite funny.

What I consider advanced is understanding the method. Knowing how to adapt, modify and work at the level that will offer progression without compensation.

Online, we go over and over the fundamentals and when I throw in a more advanced class, all that practise comes into play as we have the confidence to make the changes required.

As I say, just my opinion but don’t be put off by the label of the class. I’ve seen a lot of “advanced” classes with not a lot of Pilates taking place 😉😉

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03/09/2026

September reset.

It’s all about the Fundamentals and that means there’s nowhere to hide.

We are slowing it down, stripping it back, seeking perfection in every move by understanding appropriate adaptation and modification.

No cheating, no compensating. Every. Single. Movement. Counts and that’s why it’s SO hard!

If it’s easy, it very probably isn’t Pilates.
There is nowhere to hide ….

01/09/2026

The Autumn Series starts right HERE!

Someone (who is very experienced on mat and reformer) said this morning “if someone had been watching that, they’d think “is that it?” but I can’t believe how hard I worked”!

The thing is with staying in Fundamentals land, there really is nowhere to hide. Moving more slowly with control and precision and not allowing for compensation.
What do I mean by compensation? Well, it could be momentum or speed, or not fully completing the move or letting a stronger area take over.
There are many ways to compensate and typically compensation leads to injury.

Listen, I LOVE workouts that make my muscles feel like they’re on fire, leave me gasping for breath with sweat dripping off my chin but it’s my dedication to Pilates that allows me to continue to do those things.

Whether you practise because you love Pilates or you practise because you love what Pilates does for you really doesn’t matter. What does matter is that you fully understand and master the basics because if you’re not getting it spot on at fundamentals level, how the heck can you possibly expect to be getting it right at a more advanced level?

Believe me, you may well be kidding yourself as you use power/speed/large range to help you bypass the nitty gritty that’s truly holding you back.

Yes it can be tedious. Yes it takes a huge amount of discipline and patience but if you want to progress, you need to go back!! The lightbulb moment when it just happens is the best!

Don’t accept injury or restrictions as a fact of ageing. Look at what’s not working and what’s working too hard. Look at alignment and move with precision and control and there’s NOTHING that helps understand movement better than the fundamentals of Pilates.

If you won’t do it for me, do it for Dolly 💕

(Unlike me, you don’t need to spend your life wearing navy - must go shopping!).