Knebworth Pilates Studio

15/01/2026

💥 Boom and Bust!
🩱 We all do it!!! Start on a mission to include exercise and a few days, maybe weeks and it’s over the gear is collecting dust again.

🙋‍♀️ A few ideas to try and help build the habit

🤔 Identify your why. We highlighted this in a previous post but what is at the route of your wanting to get started - really at the heart of it??

💥 It isn’t all or nothing! Start small introduce a session a week for an achievable amount of time and build from there make it achievable and sustainable to build into your lifestyle

🗓️ OK so you didn’t do it today but that doesn’t mean you won’t tomorrow. Look and celebrate each time you do a session and chalk it up as a win, make sure you win more than you loose and you are progressing! 🎈

🤪 Check your expectations and make sure they are achievable

❤️ Find a friend or someone to be accountable with and make it social

🕺 Have fun and enjoy it! Initially find something you want to do rather than you think you should do! Love dancing? Find a zumba session! Hate every second of running don’t set it as your first step in the right direction! 🏃

⬆️ Listen to your body. It will guide you to build and increase your activity

14/01/2026

💥 The boom and bust approach of going hard and fast and then giving up can lead to health problems such as muscle strains and even stress fractures …. Resulting in being unable to keep to a routine.

🐢 Slow and steady wins the race! Starting with ten minutes of walking daily tagged on to an activity you already do for example a walk after lunch or dinner would set some firm foundations and you can build progress.

Proving to yourself you can do it is essential!

13/01/2026

🥅 Consistency is a very important component when working to achieve goals. Without this forming habits is challenging.

🦵 Our bodies adapt gradually to exercise and as such you need to be clear on what you are setting out to achieve, realistic about the timeframe and know the true motivation behind this.

🐘 While aiming high is fantastic a big goal can be off putting and take time to achieve - the joke about how do you eat the elephant? Cut it into small chunks is true.

🏆 Aim for the big goal but cut it down into smaller pieces which you can achieve more quickly, see your achievements and you will feel rewarded and progress

📆 If your goal is building core strength and stability this will take time and dedication. It’s no coincidence that we encourage clients to attend a specific weekly or biweekly and offer membership packages accordingly. This builds consistency and sees progress!

12/01/2026

😣The New Year is here, some are making resolutions and others are the polar opposite. Whichever camp you are in hopefully this weeks posts will be food for thought.

🏃🏼‍♀️ I make no bones about it I consider myself a regular to exercise - and not just Pilates. I’m often met with ‘I wish I had your willpower’ ‘I wish I had your motivation’ ‘If only I shared your passion for exercise’ ‘I wish I had time like you’

🗞️ Newsflash - shamefully those statements are not all a true reflection of me I wish they were! The reason I turn up and work out is sometimes motivation, sometimes will power, sometimes passion and sometimes because I have time. However, I don’t wake up every morning and bounce out of bed in my gym kit full of the joy, I am a human!

📆 So what ensures my routine?

🤦‍♀️ Consistency, habit and knowing my why. I know the why behind my actions, I’ve done it long enough now that it’s as habitual as cleaning my teeth and I 100% believe consistency is key. I don’t go hard burn out and stop. I set achievable meaningful goals in a time frame that I can manage.

🚴‍♂️💃🏼🧘🏻 Perhaps you are starting to think about some form of physical activity and embedding this in your lifestyle?

🗓️ This week we will be posting about the importance of taking first steps and getting consistent. Come back tomorrow for more information.

09/01/2026

Barre

🩰 Barre class is here on a Sunday as a pay as you go option through the year.

💪🏻 A workout inspired by elements of pilates, yoga and ballet it focusses on low impact, high intensity movements designed to strengthen your body.

🎶 Our Sunday morning sessions are led by Ellena with tunes to make you feel great. The workout will tone your body and leave you with a feeling of accomplishment on a Sunday morning

08/01/2026

Our core business is matwork pilates

🧍 One to one classes

👬 Duet sessions

👨‍🎓 Group sessions from beginners to advanced with an average of 6 - 8 clients in a class

😊 We can bespoke to a group of friends if you would like us to get in touch for details

🏡 We are a small studio in the heart of the community. Our instructors are body control and APPI trained so have a deep understanding of how the body moves and how to adapt a class to suit you. We take pride in knowing our clients and adapting to suit their needs.

🤔 Our client group is varied however we commonly see people with juggling back pain, those wanting to avoid injury so balancing their cardio and cross training with the benefits of core and flexibility work and many clients who wish to improve their balance and strength to enable them to maintain their mobility. Not to mention those who come for the love of some mindful strengthening movement.

06/01/2026

🧐Reboot for New Year!

👀 This week we will be giving you an insight into the services we offer here at the studio and how you can get involved. So a taster to start the week……

💪🏻 Our core business is delivering matwork pilates and we run sessions for beginner to advanced. We have daytime and evening classes. We are small with generally 6 clients in a class for individual attention. We get to know you well and have a close community vibe!

🩰 On a Sunday morning we deliver a barre class to compliment our sessions for a higher energy option

More information will be provided in this weeks posts, take a look at our website www.knebworthpilatesstudio.co.uk or DM us

A welcoming fully equipped Pilates studio in the heart of Knebworth, Hertfordshire. We run daytime and evening Matwork Classes catering to all levels, needs and ages. All our teachers are expertly qualified to give you the best Pilates can offer ... a healthy outlook on life and a supple but strong....

05/01/2026

🥳Happy New Year!! An introduction to us🎈

🥅 The New Year often brings a new focus and sense of beginning a new chapter.

👋🏻 It feels the perfect time to say hello from Knebworth Pilates Studio!

🧘‍♂️ We are a small and welcoming matwork studio running daytime and evening matwork classes, 1:1 and 2:1 sessions catering to all levels, needs and ages. Our instructors are expertly qualified through body control and APPI to give you the best matwork can offer.

👣 What can you expect? A low impact, full body workout with a focus to build strength and confidence through movement.

🗓️ If you are planning to get started or recommence your pilates practice please get in contact to see how we can help!

Follow us this week to get to know us better or take a look at our website

A welcoming fully equipped Pilates studio in the heart of Knebworth, Hertfordshire. We run daytime and evening Matwork Classes catering to all levels, needs and ages. All our teachers are expertly qualified to give you the best Pilates can offer ... a healthy outlook on life and a supple but strong....

19/12/2025

Have you been rushing around trying to finish all those last-minute tasks? If so, don’t forget to take some time out to pause and reset.

- Notice any areas of tension. Relax your jaw and facial muscles. Lift your shoulders and drop them back down with a big sigh.

- Become aware of your breath. The more breath aware we become, the greater our connection with our body and the more able we are to respond rather than react to situations. So take a moment to notice your breath and the way you are breathing.

- Breath can be used as a focus point or we can actually practice various techniques by which we alter the pattern of our breathing, to create a certain effect. Can you at this moment make your breath slightly longer, deeper and slower. Try this even for a minute or two and notice how you feel.

18/12/2025

👶🏼Today lets channel our inner child and feel the excitement of getting a scooter under the tree! Oh yes love a scooter move to work the lower body and bring a smile

🦵Start in a slight lunge position with your left leg forward
🦶Keep your left knee tracking over the middle of your foot, just behind the toes. Don’t let your knee buckle inward or outward.
🗼Engage your core to keep all your midsection muscles activated and help you avoid arching your low back.
💪🏻Hinge at your hips and root all your weight through your front (left) foot to engage your glutes and quads.
🛴Slowly extend your right leg behind you and reach your foot backward, then bring it forward, lightly tapping it next to your front leg, still maintaining all your weight on the left foot.
Once you have done a few that side repeat on the other side ….. imagine whizzing through the park!

17/12/2025

🍑Half way through the week so lets fire up the glutes so we can run up and down the stairs chasing the children round the house with their excitement! So one of my favourites …..Clam but today in standing so you can do it waiting for the kettle to boil!

🧍Start in a natural standing position.
📐Bend your right hip 45 and the knee to 90 degrees, keeping your legs a hip distance apart.
🤚 Put your hands on your waist. Inhale and engage the core.
↪️Exhale, rotate your right hip outwards, keeping your pelvis stable.
↩️Inhale, rotate your right hip back to the middle, keeping the pelvis stable.
5️⃣ Repeat up to ten times on the right leg and then repeat on the opposite side.

16/12/2025

🤗On day 12 lets master some scapular isolation as this will help us to gain the movement to hug a family member and remember what really matters!

🖐️Lie down on your back with your knees bent and reach your fingertips towards the ceiling
➗Inhale, release your shoulder blades from the mat to create more space between them.
↔️Your fingertips will reach towards the ceiling and you will feel your shoulderblades glide round your chest wall
😶Exhale and return your shoulder blades to a neutral position
🧘🏻Repeat a few times and feel your shoulders relax