"Core Hell" 🔥 Pilates Reformer Intense Intermediate / Advanced Workout for Abs on IQ Reformer

Feel the burn in this 25 minute intense Pilates reformer workout for abs 🔥 This intermediate/advanced Pilates former workout uses a sitting box.
This video uses a Balanced Body Metro IQ Reformer. Heavy/light spring cues also provided for other reformer types, e.g. AeroPilates reformer.
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EQUIPMENT USED:
☑️ Balanced Body Metro IQ Reformer (affiliate link): a.co/d/1TqibPm
☑️ Alo High Waist Airbrush Leggings (affiliate link): amzn.to/3jGlaGp
🔴 = Heavy spring
🔵 = Light spring
🟡 = Extra-light spring
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Disclaimer: Consult your physician or other healthcare professional before starting this or any other fitness routine to determine if it's right for your needs. Do not start this exercise program if your healthcare provider advises against it. If you experience faintness, dizziness, pain or shortness of breath while exercising, stop immediately. Information on this channel is for educational purposes only, and is neither a substitute nor a replacement for professional medical advice or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should consult a physician or other healthcare professional. If you engage in this exercise or exercise program, you agree that you do so at your own risk, are voluntarily participating in these activities, assume all risk of injury to yourself, and agree to release and discharge Melanie Lopez and Melanie Lopez Pilates from any and all claims or causes of action, known or unknown, arising out of Melanie Lopez's and Melanie Lopez Pilates' negligence.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Ab Curl Variations with Hands in Straps (🔴🔵 or 🔴🔴)
05:00 Lower Abs: Pulses with Straps in Hands (🔴 or 🔴🔵)
07:47 Lower Abs: Knee Pulses with Straps on Thighs (🔴or 🔴🟡)
09:39 Lower Abs: Knee Stretches (🔴)
11:00 Obliques: Side Bend with Strap on Arm (🔴)
13:15 Short Box Series (All Springs)
20:16 Plank Variations with Short Box (🔴or 🔵or 🟡)
23:05 Forearm Planks with Feet on the Footbar (🔴or 🔵or 🟡)
25:33 Cooldown

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

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[@nicoleeckholm1710]

That was a fabulous ab workout! I am archiving this to repeat!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Yay! So glad that it was a good one for you 🙌

[@kayalvizhi7611]

Thank you so much for your videos! I stopped going to Pilates classes bc I bought my own reformer and I’ve been having such a hard time finding good workouts from one source. Your channel has been GREAT!!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Thank you so much, Kayal! Let me know if there’s anything you’d like me to focus on in a future video :)

[@milanagrozdanich5769]

Fierce!!! In the best way! 🔥🔥 Came back to this one because I was up for challenging my abs today, and this was perfect. Thank you for your library and thoughtful approach to each class, Melanie! 🖤🖤

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Thank you for being here and for your contributions to our little community! I so appreciate you 🖤🖤

[@milanagrozdanich5769]

I forgot how fast paced and fiery this one was! 25 mins flew by. Thank you, Melanie! 🖤🖤

[@balancedbodypopt]

Omg you meant it when you said core hell. I didn't even know I could engage my abs that much until this video haha.

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Lol - I love this comment 😂 happy to be of service! 🙃❤️😆

[@juliebridge7590]

This is a killer for my abs, but I LOVE it!! So very challenging in a great way!! My go to for lower abs!!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Yessss! 🙌 Mission accomplished! ❤️❤️

[@fletchergretchen]

This one was tough and I love it! Love all the plank and strap moves!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Nice! So glad! I have another core workout coming out tomorrow - stay tuned! 💕

[@cathyvital7937]

Thank you! Fantastic!!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Glad you liked it!

[@vicprovost6707]

Amazing! Especially from 20.17.... not easy

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

So glad that you liked it, Vic!

[@ticktock7496]

Excellent!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Thank you!

[@mariaescoto5946]

Amazing video I definitely got a great workout in!!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Thank you, Maria! Please let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see ❤️

[@jjcrazi]

I loved the side strap variation!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

So glad to hear it! Thanks!

[@biancaa13364]

Merry Abs-mas 🎅🎉 this was amazing!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Hahaha I love it! 🎅

[@juliebridge7590]

Love it!! Can't wait to do it today or tomorrow morning!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Yay! Let me know how it goes, Julie ❤️

[@juliebridge7590]

It was challenging that's for sure, but I absolutely loved it!! Shaky, shaky, but a good shake!! 😊 Thanks!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Glad you got a good challenge, Julie! Thanks so much xo

[@mrsbootsworkouts]

I heard a lot of great things about the Reformer contraption, I might try it!

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Let me know how you like it!

[@darwinsdoodlecloset]

Woowowowowow! This rocked or shook my core😂

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Well done! 👏❤️❤️❤️

[@tiffk2682]

Glute hell next please!! 🔥 🔥

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Hey Tiff! I have a glute & thigh hell one here, but I will do a dedicated glute one in the future, too! ❤️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKrFeKJvbZxqp7M

[@jamiewebb4751]

Glad to see Rebekah back, it was great as always. Do you have any videos for Pilates Chairs? Thinking about getting one.

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Hey Jamie! I don’t have any chair videos right now, but I’ll let you know if/when I add some (need to find a place to store it in my NYC apartment, lol)! In the meantime, I scanned a couple of videos, and this one from Function Pilates might be something you’d be interested in: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4eWfKecep14l8U (I want to do that pike series right now)

[@jamiewebb4751]

@@MelanieLopezPilates thank you so much, you are fabulous.

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Anytime! ❤️

[@KimBreakey]

Hi Melanie, for advanced planking, should the foot bar be in the middle notch?

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Hi Kim - do you know which maker & model your reformer is?

[@lesellejosephtheus4765]

Killer! But I don’t have a block at home. What can I use alternatively?

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Hey Leselle! Unfortunately, there’s not a great substitute for the box, but I would recommend swapping the box series in this video for first three exercises in the linked video below if you don’t have access to a box (it’s an arm-focused video, but the first 3 all challenge the abs in similar positions to the short box series in the core hell video): kzbin.info/www/bejne/qajdpoOYmZ1mfrc Hope that this helps!

[@PM-gx2bp]

I’m a beginner. Just came across this. Looks like a real burner. Can’t wait to get to this level. I’m struggling keeping my legs at table top for an extended period of time. Does it mean my abdominal muscles are weak or my hip extensors are weak or both?

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Hey there - great question. If I may ask, what are you experiencing when you’re in tabletop? Are there any specific areas that feel particularly fatigued, tight, or unstable? It may be hard to pinpoint without seeing you move, but if it’s due to needing more core strength or stability, some strategies that I’ve deployed with in-person clients include: 1) trying an imprinted spine (back fully flat against the mat) vs. neutral spine (with a slight curve in the low back), 2) bringing the knees just a little closer toward the body (vs. directly over the hips), 3) gently squeezing a yoga block, small ball, or a pillow between the knees, 4) crossing the ankles, or 5) trying a frog/diamond shape instead (heels together, knees apart in external rotation). You may consider trying some of these out to see if any give you any relief, and progressing back to standard tabletop from there over time if it works. Let me know how it goes, please 👍

[@PM-gx2bp]

Thank you for such detailed response. I have a class tomorrow and I will try some of these modifications. Yes I feel extreme fatigue right in the front where my hip reflectors are and the opposite stretch-lunge- seems to give relief for that feeling.

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Happy to help :) And gotcha - tbh, it’s possible that you could be in need of more hip flexor strengthening, more stretching, or a combination of both, but hard to say. Some risk factors for tightness + weakness include lots of sitting during your day, hypermobility/being generally very flexible. Since you’ve got a class tomorrow, I’d recommend giving your instructor a heads-up before class about what you’re noticing and ask them to keep an eye out for what they think might be going on there as you get moving in class. Also would definitely be something you could dig into further in an in-person private session if that’s accessible to you. I hope that that helps somewhat!

[@PM-gx2bp]

Thank you so much. Yes, private sessions are available and I’m considering them.

[@willnash713]

Hi what box are you using?

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

Hi there - it this one: www.amazon.com/dp/B0723DT2JP?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmlopezpi-20&creativeASIN=B0723DT2JP&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3FF96YC13EHH&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d_asin (affiliate link)

[@MelanieLopezPilates]

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