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   <title>About.com Pilates: What's Hot Now</title>
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      <description>These articles that had the largest increase in popularity over the last week</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Workout with Ball and Ring]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesroutines/ss/Pilates-Workout-Circuit.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Learn a Pilates workout with the exercise ball and Pilates ring. This workout will tone your whole body, including your abs, inner thighs, and arms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[DVD - Pilates for Pregnancy]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/dvdandvideo/gr/Pregalates-DVD.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Review of Pilates for Pregnancy, a set of Pilates DVDs for each trimester of pregnancy as well as postnatal Pilates exercises. From Tasha Lawton.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[5 Minute Pilates Pick-Up]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesforeverybody/tp/5minutePilates.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You only have 5 minutes to make a transition. Mix and match any of these Pilates exercises to help get energy, reduce stress, and feel refreshed.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Powerhouse]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesterms/g/Powerhouse.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The center of your body, the area between your bottom ribs and the top of your pubic bone, is your powerhouse. It includes the abdominals and the lower back. ]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Weight Loss Pilates DVD]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/dvdandvideo/gr/weight-loss-DVD.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read a review of Weight Loss Pilates, a Pilates DVD with two weight loss workouts from Acacia featuring Kristin McGee. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Pull Ups on the Cadillac]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesforeverybody/ig/Advanced-Pilates-Pics/Pull-Ups.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Enjoy this photo gallery of advanced Pilates pictures. Take a look at what core strength can really do.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swimming]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesmat/ss/Swimming_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Pilates mat exercise, swimming, is a fun exercise, yet quite a workout. Swimming, like the activity it is named after, works every part of the body. This one is perfect for toning the abs. butt, back and hamstrings. Try Pilates swimming as a great counter exercise to all the front flexion exercises.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Roll Up Tips]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/technique/tp/Roll-Up-Tips.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Pilates mat exercises, like the roll up, are great abdominal exercises, but these moves can be hard. Here are free Pilates exercise tips for doing the roll up well.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Seal]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesmat/ss/Seal.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Seal is a fun and challenging pilates mat exercise. Seal is an abdominal workout and it stimulates the spine. One of the free pilates exercises  at About.com. ]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sexy Body Workout DVD]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/dvdandvideo/gr/sexy-body.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Pilates DVD review of Sexy Body Workout - Pilates with Weights from Jonathan Urla, founder of Yogilates. ]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Neutral Spine]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesterms/g/NeutralSpine.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Neutral Spine is the natural position of the spine when all body parts are in good alignment. When the spine is in neutral, the natural curves of the cervical and lumbar spine are maintained.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[20 Core Minutes of Pilates]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesroutines/tp/Pilates-Ball-Workout.01.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This Pilates workout strengthens the core abdominal muscles. Learn the best Pilates exercises for strong, flat abs.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saw]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesmat/ss/Saw_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Saw is a basic Pilates mat exercise that is appropriate for all workout levels. It is a back and hamstring stretch and that utilizes a spinal rotation to increase the stretch.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[ The Pilates Cadillac or Trapeze Table]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesequipment/ig/Large-Pilates-Equipment-Pics/TrapezeMontage.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This gallery of Pilates equipment shows the Pilates cadillac or trapeze table. These pictures show Pilates cadillacs from Balanced Body, Peak Pilates and Core Pilates NYC.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Roll Over with Exercise Ball]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesmat/ht/RollOverBall.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Adding the fitness ball to Pilates' roll over exercise increases the challenge and helps work the inner thigh.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Criss Cross]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesmat/ss/CrissCross.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Criss Cross is a popular Pilates mat exercise for targeting the abdominal muscles, especially the obliques. Working the obliques supports posture, the ability to flex and rotate the torso, and helps define the waist. ]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Flexion]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesterms/g/Flexion.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In anatomical terms, flexion is to bring parts closer together. Flexing the muscles is to use the muscles to bring the bones closer together.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swan]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesmat/ht/Swan.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Swan stretches the abdominals and hip flexors, even as it strengthens the abdominals, back, shoulders, inner thighs, pelvic floor and hamstrings. This mat exercise is part of the free pilates exercise series available at pilates.about.com.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Inverted Hang on the Cadillac]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesforeverybody/ig/Advanced-Pilates-Pics/Inverted-Hang.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Enjoy this photo gallery of advanced Pilates pictures. Take a look at what core strength can really do!]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Grasshopper on the Ladder Barrel]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesforeverybody/ig/Advanced-Pilates-Pics/Grasshopper-400.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In these Pilates photos, see what strength and flexibility in exercise looks like. Enjoy this photo gallery of advanced Pilates moves.]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Side Sit Ups on the Reformer with Box]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesforeverybody/ig/Advanced-Pilates-Pics/Side-Sit-Ups.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Enjoy this photo gallery of advanced Pilates pictures. Take a look at what core strength can really do. ]]></description>
            <category>health</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Do Childs Pose]]></title>
            <link>http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesexercises/ht/Childs-Pose.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Showing up in both yoga and Pilates classes, child's pose is a wonderful relaxation and stretch exercise. Here are the instructions for child's pose.]]></description>
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