Strengthen your core and improve balance, strength, and flexibility.

 

Pilates

Pilates for Beginners

Pilates Mat with Melissa
All levels welcome, modifications provided

DANCEALATES® with Melissa


 

Pilates Mat Workouts

Every week, Melissa leads Pilates mat classes on Facebook Live for YMCA @ Home. Stream any of her classes for an on-demand workout.

Pacing Yourself and Slowing Down, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
   Foundation and Base, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
Patience & Ease, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
   Strength, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
Glutes, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
   Stability, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
Breath, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
   Transitions, 50 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
May 15, 2020, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
   May 8, 2020, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
May 1, 2020, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
   April 24, 2020, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
April 17, 2020, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa
   April 10, 2020, 45 minutes
Pilates with Melissa

5-Day Pilates for Beginners Challenge

Designed as an introduction to Pilates, the five classes in this series will teach you the basic building blocks of Pilates. Each daily workout will focus on different aspects of Pilates to master – breathing, strength, balance, and more, so that by the final day, participants will be able to pull everything they learned together in a full-length class.

Day 1: Concentration and Centering, 17 minutes
  Day 2: Breathing, 28 Minutes
     
Day 3: Form & Function, 25 minutes
  Day 4: Precision, 28 Minutes
     
Day 5: Flow, 28 minutes
   

 

 

Pilates

 

Pilates Mat with Melissa
All levels welcome, modifications provided

DANCEALATES® with Melissa
Join Melissa for an energizing interval workout that combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional jazz and ballet barre workouts.

 

 

Pilates Mat with Melissa

 

45 Minute Pilates Mat: Restorative Pilates

Pilates with Melissa

For Friday's Pilates workout, Melissa will be focusing on a theme of "pacing yourself and slowing things down." Join us right here, Friday at 12pm for Pilates with Melissa. To see the full schedule of LIVE workout classes, visit ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, July 10, 2020

 

45 Minute Pilates Mat: Pacing

Pilates with Melissa

For Friday's Pilates workout, Melissa will be focusing on a theme of "pacing yourself and slowing things down." Join us right here, Friday at 12pm for Pilates with Melissa. To see the full schedule of LIVE workout classes, visit ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, July 10, 2020

 

45 Minute Pilates Mat: Foundations

Pilates with Melissa

Gear up for the long weekend by joining Melissa from the Y Friday at 12pm for a Pilates class that is all about building abs. To see the full schedule of live workouts, visit ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, July 3, 2020

 

45 Minute Pilates Mat: Patience & Ease

Pilates with Melissa

Ease into the weekend by joining Melissa from the Y for Pilates on Friday at 12pm. Melissa will be focusing on patience and ease for this class.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 26, 2020

 

45 Minute Pilates Mat: Strength

Pilates with Melissa from the Y

Ease into the weekend by joining Melissa from the Y for Pilates on Friday at 12pm. Melissa will be focusing on strength in this workout.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 19, 2020

 

45 Minute Pilates Mat: Glutes

Pilates with Melissa

Ease into the weekend by joining Melissa from the Y for Pilates on Friday at 12pm. For today's workout, we are focusing on strength and stability!

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 12, 2020

 

45 Minute Pilates Mat: Stability

Finish the week strong by joining Melissa from the Y for a Pilates class at 12pm. Pilates is a low-impact (but challenging!) workout that focuses on strengthening muscles while improving postural alignment and flexibility.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 5, 2020

 

45 Minute Pilates Mat with Melissa: Breath

Get that #FridayFeeling going by joining Melissa from the Y for a Pilates class at noon.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 22, 2020

 

50 Minute Pilates Mat with Melissa: Transitions

Get that #FridayFeeling going by joining Melissa from the Y for a Pilates class at noon.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 22, 2020

 

5/15 Pilates Mat with Melissa

Join Melissa from the Y at 12pm for a Fit and Fun Friday Pilates workout to get you ready for the weekend.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 15, 2020

 

5/8 Pilates Mat with Melissa

Celebrate #FeelGoodFriday and tone those muscles by joining us at 12pm for a Pilates class with Melissa from the Y.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 8, 2020

 

5/1 Pilates Mat with Melissa

Get weekend ready by joining us for Pilates with Melissa from Y, right here at 12pm on Friday. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, May 1, 2020

 

4/24 Pilates Mat with Melissa

End your week strong by joining Melissa from the Y for a Pilates workout Friday, April 24 at 12pm.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, April 24, 2020

 

4/17 Pilates Mat with Melissa

Get a jump start on your weekend by joining us Friday, April 17 at 12pm for Pilates with Melissa.

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, April 17, 2020

 

4/10 Pilates Mat with Melissa

Ease into the weekend by joining us Friday, April 10 at 12pm for a Pilates class with Melissa from the Y!

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, April 10, 2020

 

4/3 Pilates Mat with Melissa

 

15 Minute Pilates with Melissa

DANCEALATES® with Melissa

 

30 Minute Dancealates Upper Body Blast

DANCEALATES® with Melissa

Join us at 12pm on Tuesday for an Upper Body Blast at this week's DANCEALATES® Express with Melissa from the Y. This express workout combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, June 30, 2020

 

30 Minute Dancealates Express

DANCEALATES® with Melissa

Join us at 12pm on Tuesday for DANCEALATES® with Melissa from the Y. This express workout combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, June 16, 2020

 

30 Minute Dancealates Stability & Cardio Express

Join us at 12pm on Tuesday for DANCEALATES® with Melissa from the Y. This express workout combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, June 9, 2020

 

30 Minute Dancealates Abs & Legs Express

DANCEALATES® express workout

In case you missed it: Melissa's DANCEALATES® express workout from earlier this week. Join Melissa on every Tuesday at 12pm for a DANCEALATES® express workout and to see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Friday, June 5, 2020

 

30 Minute Dancealates: Upper Body Express

Join us for DANCEALATES® , an energizing interval workout that combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. Tune in Tuesday at 12pm and join Melissa from the Y for this 30-minute workout. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, May 26, 2020

 

30 Minute Glutes & Abs Express

Join us for DANCEALATES® , an energizing interval workout that combines the core principles of Pilates with the strengthening, lengthening and toning techniques found in traditional Jazz and Ballet barre workouts. Tune in at 12pm and join Melissa from the Y for this 30-minute workout. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, May 19, 2020

 

5/12 Facebook Live - Dancealates with Melissa

Join us at 12pm on Tuesday for Dancealates with Melissa from the Y. To see our full schedule of LIVE workouts, visit https://ymcanyc.org/ymca-home

Posted by YMCA of Greater New York on Tuesday, May 12, 2020

 

15 Minute Dancealates with Melissa

 

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