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Learn a Pilates workout with the exercise ball and Pilates ring. This workout will tone your whole body including your abs, inner thighs, and arms.

I think roll over should be called flow over. This is a challenging ab and back exercise and it's getting coordinated with the breath and keeping the flow going that makes it feel really good.

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Get an in-depth look at Pilates, Pilates Instructor Training and the issue of Pilates certification in this compelling interview with Pilates Instructor, Rachel Segel, of The Pilates Center in Boulder, CO.

It's time for the 2012 Readers' Choice Awards Nominations. This year in Pilates we have 5 categories: Best Pilates reformer for home, best books, best DVDs, best chair and best ab exercise. Nominate your favorites now.

Big announcement: It's time for the About.com Readers' Choice Awards. You might remember that last year was the first year the Pilates site participated and we had a rip-roaring good time choosing our favorite brand of workout clothes, reformer, and DVD.

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BASI Pilates instructor and Pilates model Lisa Hubbard teaches two intermediate Pilates workouts in her Total Body Pilates DVD. The workouts use the mini exercise ball to good effect. Read my review.

Read about The Pilates Method Alliance (PMA), a non-profit Pilates organization that promotes professionalism in Pilates and sponsors the PMA Pilates Instructor Certification Exam.

Use the best exercise ball for your workouts. Learn about the many different types of exercise balls and the exercises they are used for.

@ScottKirsner Love those things!

Taking plank up on the exercise ball is interesting because you can make the exercise harder or easier depending on how far from the center of you body you have the ball. No matter what, plank on ball or on the mat is a fabulous full-body toning exercise.

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I just published a new review of the intermediate Pilates DVD Total Body Pilates with Mini Ball with Lisa Hubbard. I enjoyed the workouts on the DVD for a number of reasons, you'll have to read the review for all of them, but one was that it got me totally re-enthused about exercise balls.

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This picture gallery shows workout clothes for Pilates and Yoga from the Yoga Journal Conference. Brands like Blue Canoe, Marika, No Enemy and more are shown.

Sometimes I get email from readers who have been diagnosed with osteoporosis or osteopenia. They are scared and wondering what they can do in terms of exercise,  especially with regard to Pilates. I also get inquiries from Pilates instructors facing the same dilemmas. They want to know what exercises are safe for their clients with osteoporosis. And, of course, everyone wants to be sure they are doing what it takes to maintain strong bones.

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The Pilates based workout in the Pilates for Buff Bones DVD is designed to help you build and maintain strong bones. The exercises are safe for osteoporosis. Read the review.

Last week we started the new year with the first exercise in the classical mat sequence, the hundred. This week, we're moving right along to the roll up which is the next exercise in the series. We won't go through the whole sequence in order -- we love to mix it up with the exercises of the week, including equipment and such -- but I want to get everyone going on the roll up because, well, it's hard.

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The legs are in tabletop position when the knees are bent so that the thighs are perpendicular to the floor and the shins are parallel to the floor.

Yesterday, Pilates master teacher and founder of BASI Pilates Rael Isacowitz hosted a Q and A session on Facebook. I was busy at the appointed time but I raced home and jumped on my computer in time to be the very last person to squeak in a question.

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Great pictures of Pilates equipment for the home workout. Exercise balls, resistance bands, and exercise mats are among the pictures in this gallery of small, affordable Pilates exercise equipment for the home.

This gallery of Pilates equipment will show you all the major Pilates machines used in Pilates equipment exercises. See pictures of equipment from Stott Pilates, Peak Pilates and Balanced Body, as well as exercise demonstrations.

In these Pilates photos, see what strength and flexibility in exercise looks like. Enjoy this photo gallery of advanced Pilates moves.