
Would you describe yourself as someone with general mobility and functionrelated goals, someone who is primarily sedentary, or an aging athlete? As the weather warms up and we want to do more, building strength and endurance becomes increasingly important no matter how you identify. However, as you know from your work at DBP, building a routine that targets your specific concerns and goals is going to help you be the most effective in your transformation.
You could be teaching your glutes to fire as you go up and down stairs, using your core and arms instead of your neck when you carry your groceries, or using your muscles for shock absorption as you run rather than your knees and low back. Every time you come into the studio (or meet with your teacher virtually) you are creating new muscle memory as you learn and repeat patterns. All of these lessons add up to you moving in more efficient ways throughout your daily activities.
This is why we ask, “what are your goals?” How do you pursue these goals on a daily basis?
As strength is on almost everybody’s list, our team has assembled an overview of three strength exercises that you could incorporate every day to help you towards that goal.

| You can incorporate these right away or ask your practitioner the next time you have a session for further explanation or to customize it to target your specific needs and objectives. |


Rebecca Lubart is the founder and CEO of Dynamic Body Pilates, a one-on-one Pilates studio in New York City specializing in chronic pain, movement challenges, and healthy aging. With 20 years of experience teaching Pilates, Rebecca helps people better understand how their bodies move—and how strength, mobility, balance, and coordination work together.
Her approach grew in part from her own recovery from a traumatic injury and the search for more effective, whole-body solutions to persistent pain. She founded Dynamic Body Pilates in 2012 to bring that approach to others. Today, Rebecca and her team help clients move with greater comfort, confidence, and independence through highly individualized Pilates and movement education.

