Our Expert: Jaime Rutt

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Jaime is a STOTT-certified pilates instructor who has been teaching for 10 years. After completing her training in Michigan, Jaime moved to New York where she continued her education and training with Kimberly and Katherine Corp at Pilates on Fifth. Coupled with a background in dance, Jaime brings a unique physicality, creative spirit, and strength to her sessions.

Repetitions: 10
Benefits: Strengthen abdominals

Getting Started
Start by lying on your back with your legs in the table top position, your inner thighs squeezing in and your lower back is pressing down onto the floor or mat.






Perform the Move
  1. Curl your body up, pump your arms and breathe in through the nose. Exhale out through the mouth.
  2. Breathe in five times and exhale five times as you pump your arms up and down, and curl your body up.
  3. If you feel stronger, extend your legs out on a diagonal.
  4. Finish by pulling in your knees and curling your body back down to rest on the floor or mat.