Beginners Squat using a wall for support. This is a great way to improve your posture in your squat and protect your knees. Perfect for beginners. Please get in touch if you need help with mobility or strength, email jen@iamjenwilson.com
Category: Movement
Beginners Strength Training – Biceps Curls
A biceps curl is quite a straightforward exercise – that standing in different positions changes the experience… Give this a try to bring support into your movement – perfect if you are brand new to get form abd technique, great to build strength if you have a habit of swinging the upper arm to use […]
Desk Workers Neck Mobility
Sore neck from sitting at your desk all day? These simple stretches can really make a difference. They are movements and stretches I include in my Pilates & Yoga classes which are online and also at my private home studio in Springburn, North Glasgow. www.iamjenwilson.com/classes If the timetable doesn’t suit, I have 60+ sessions on […]
Beginners Leg Exrension for Sore Knees
If you struggle with sore knees this exercise is excellent to build strength in your quads. Start with 10 each leg, building up to 15, the doing 2 or 3 sets of the exercise Make sure you squeeze your thigh at the top. ✅ Get in touch if you need help with beginners Strength Training […]
Desk Workers Mobility
If you are sitting at a desk all day slumped over a laptop you likely have sore shoulders, neck, back… that pain could even be getting worse and starting to travel down your arms… You don’t need to suffer!!! Gentle mobility regularly can really help. I have a weekly Midday Mobility class on a Wednesday […]
Shhhh, it’s oh so quiet
Is your mind noisy? Do you constantly have a voice in your head chippering away – sometimes it’s you inner critic, sometimes it’s your wee old lady grumbling and groaning, sometimes it’s the voice of inspiration, sometimes it’s word turrets as you remember things you have to do or buy – Anyone else standing in […]
Kit for Pilates & Yoga classes
Do you need equipment or kit for class? In all honesty you don’t need any kit for class… BUT it really can benefit your experience. Resistance bands Resistance bands are really useful to help get your muscles to activate – if you have ever been to see a physiotherapist, they likely sent you away with […]
Movement in Midlife
I have to keep reminding myself that I am now in my midlife… it’s weird because I don’t feel older than 21, but here I am, 43… What does it mean to be in midlife? Things are changing in our bodies, some women I know at this age are already experiencing Peri menopausal symptoms, some […]
Its time to get moving!
Moving a lot of your body a little is much better for your overall health than moving a little of your body a lot! If you spend lots of your day sitting, whether it’s at a laptop or on a sofa, if you are on your phone a lot, you really need to get your […]
Breathing In Pilates
Layering in the breath to the moves in Pilates is a fantastic way to enhance your experience of the exercises. In Yoga, we are often encouraged to belly breathe, which is lovely, but only sometimes. I would argue that there are times in Yoga that doing the lateral breathing that we do throughout Pilates is […]