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Pilates for the day you're actually having

Answer a few quick questions, a different set every day, and you'll get a session that fits how your body feels, what your head is doing, what you'd like from it and the time you've got. Three minutes always counts.

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Think about the last plan you stopped

It probably wanted forty-five minutes, five days a week, and it looked lovely on a Sunday evening. Then Monday happened. You'd been going since seven, it was ten past six, and the sofa won.

I don't think that says anything bad about you. Most plans are written for your best day, and most of us get a couple of those a week if we're lucky. So Moodmat starts somewhere else: it asks how you are first, and then it picks the session.

How a day works

  1. 1

    Check in

    A few quick questions about how your body feels, what your head is doing, what you'd like from today, where you are and how long you've got. They're different every day.

  2. 2

    Get your day card

    It names your kind of day, picks the session and tells you which of your answers led there. There's always a three-minute version, and it counts in full.

  3. 3

    Say how it felt

    Too much, just right, or you could have done more. Next time a day like that comes round, the pick adjusts.

A different check-in every day

There are seven themes, one for each day of the week, and each one comes in three versions, so the same weekday only comes round again after three weeks. Whatever the theme, the questions find out the same things, and the session depends on all of your answers together.

Which one sounds like today?

These four are the moods most people recognise. The check-in looks at more than your mood, but this is where most days start.

Tired

You feel heavy and you're running on empty, so you get something slow, mostly lying down.

Stressed

Your body is tight and your head won't stop, so you shake it out first and then slow right down with long breaths out.

Flat

Nothing's wrong, but nothing's pulling you either, so you get something small and a little different that's easy to start.

Energised

You feel good and you're up for it, so you get something strong and controlled, and you finish with a bit left in the tank.

Free things to keep on the fridge

There are eight free printables, each made to live somewhere you'll see it: a weekly grocery list, a plate builder, a lazy checklist, the 3-2-1 week, a card for deciding whether to train or rest, a 30-day tracker, a Sunday reset, and what to eat before and after Pilates. Take one, or take all eight.

The Weekly Grocery List, first page The Lazy Plate Builder, first page The 3-2-1 Week, first page The Sunday Reset

When you'd like more than three minutes

The Moodmat Year builds each day's session in any length from three minutes to forty-five, and the longer ones are put together like a class. Around it there are six programmes that bend around your days, progress you can see without a streak to keep, and a plate for every kind of day. It's €49 for a whole year, paid once, and you can try a week first for €9.

See what's in the Year

Who's behind it

Moodmat is a small business in Denmark. I put ordinary, well-known mat exercises together so they fit real days, and explain every choice in plain words. The videos are made with AI, and they're always labelled.

Questions

Is it a subscription?

No. The check-in and the library are free, and the Year is one payment of €49 for a year. Nothing renews, so you're only charged again if you choose another year.

Do I need to be fit or flexible?

Not at all. Every move has an easier option, and the gentle sessions are mostly lying down.

What do I need?

A mat or a towel, a bit of floor and a wall. Some days you can even do it in bed or on a chair, and the check-in asks where you are.

How long are the sessions?

The free check-in gives you three minutes, and you can go through them as many times as you like. In the Year, every day card comes in three, ten, twenty, thirty or forty-five minutes.

What if I miss a day?

Then the next day is a three-minute day. There's nothing to catch up on and nothing to start again.

Is this medical advice?

No, it's general wellbeing guidance. If you've felt low for weeks, or you're pregnant, postpartum, injured or managing a health condition, please talk to a professional first.

Are the videos made with AI?

Some of them are, and they're always labelled. The moves are ordinary mat exercises.

What happens to my answers?

The check-in keeps them on your own phone. If you give me your email, I use it to send what you asked for and the Sunday email, and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.

Whatever kind of day it is, you can start from there.

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