Pilates: Raise the Bar Mini Body Bar Workout

Raise the Bar uses a mini-body bar that measures 2 feet long and weighs 4 lbs to add upper body challenge (and sometimes a little help!) to your Pilates workout. The bar can assist with some of the abdominal exercises, but don’t be fooled – it will challenge you on others! The workout begins with a standing arm sequence, progresses to Pilates mat exercises to tone the abdominals, butt and legs and then ends with another standing arm sequence.

This video Pilates lesson is part of a broader catalog of lessons available through www.ultimatepilatesworkouts.com, a subscription-based Pilates video site. The creators of Ultimate Pilates Workouts, Katherine & Kimberly Corp are the founders of Pilates on Fifth (www.pilatesonfifth.com), a well-known and well-respected Pilates studio in NYC.

Katherine and Kimberly Corp own and operate Manhattan’s largest Pilates studio, Pilates on Fifth. Their diverse blend of experiences – from corporate women to Radio City Rockettes to studio owners – gives them a rare understanding of both active and inactive people’s needs. They are committed to helping “regular people” get more life out of their years through fitness.

They launched the “Pilates on Fifth Video Podcast” in June of 2007, which quickly rose to #1 in the health section of iTunes. The Japanese version of the podcast, “The New York Pilates Video Podcast,” premiered 6 months later and also hit #1 on Japanese iTunes. Based on the success of their...

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