Pilates is renowned for its ability to build solid core strength, but some of its best core-boosting exercises can often fly under the radar. Below, Pilates Instructor Lotty Campbell Bird ...

Case in point: these nine Pilates abs exercises from the Women’s Health Big Book of Pilates. Learn the moves and you’ll be holding planks longer and totally crushing your workouts to come.

“This exercise challenges you through gravity and the band.” You can do the move on a workout mat or a Pilates reformer, a machine with a large bed-like frame and sliding platform ...