Learning to engage your core and glutes doesn’t just protect your lower back from injury; it will also help you feel an exercise in all the right places. After all, if you don’t use a muscle, how do you expect to make it grow or get stronger?
Luckily for Pilates beginners, Pilates instructor James Shaw has one essential exercise he uses to fire up your core and butt for your next session on the mat, and it merely takes a minute or two of your time. For this exercise to feel comfortable, one of the best yoga mats is recommended, but besides that, you don’t need equipment.
