{"id":358183,"date":"2026-04-01T07:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/358183\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:24:09","slug":"chloe-finds-a-hobby-on-my-fourth-repetition-my-abs-give-way-and-i-flop-to-the-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/358183\/","title":{"rendered":"Chlo\u00eb finds a hobby: On my fourth repetition, my abs give way and I flop to the mat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nThis week, Chlo\u00eb McPolin joins the TikTok trendsetters and tries out mat Pilates \u2013 even though it means giving her core a dreaded workout\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ball exercise: Chlo\u00eb McPolin tries out a mat Pilates class at the Monday Studio in Rathmines, Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9cbbcefd-be81-492d-a75d-0288ec72b74b.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Ball exercise: Chlo\u00eb McPolin tries out a mat Pilates class at the Monday Studio in Rathmines, Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Hobby comrades, everyone and their mother has been raving about mat Pilates. Every TikTok I have seen is telling me to put down the weights and start doing Pilates for my core. It\u2019s the trendiest workout, with adorable baby weights in pastel colours and dainty ankle weights to boot. It is the style of class that encourages attention to the smallest detail, grippy socks and Lululemon sets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">To those unfamiliar with mat Pilates, firstly have you been living under a rock? Nonetheless, it\u2019s a floor-based workout that strengthens your core, improves posture and flexibility, and helps you move with more control. It\u2019s meant to be brilliant for everyone, but it focuses on my weakest part&#8230; the dreaded core.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, Chlo\u00eb McPolin joins the TikTok trendsetters and tries out mat Pilates \u2013 even though it means&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[53357,565,134,111,139,69,53358],"class_list":{"0":"post-358183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-chloe-mcpolin","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-review-magazine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}