Knightsbridge-based Brazilian dynamic pilates instructor Juliana Campos’s well-heeled female clients call her their “secret weapon.” Thanks to her relentless training sessions – “I have them focus on their butts, they ask for a better bottom” – they’re developing curves in all the right places. Sure, they need strong bum muscles to protect their spine, but these women’s priority is saving their marriages.
So they flock from their perfect homes to Juliana’s cosy studio, just a stone’s throw from Harrods, to learn how to inspire desire. “Looking your best is not just a goal, it’s a necessity and, for most of us, a means to sustain our marriages,” she says. “Wealthy husbands are always attractive, and each attracts ample attention from predatory women. The risk of being replaced and becoming an ex-wife is a clear and present danger.”
A fitness instructor for over 20 years, Juliana Campos has taught Pilates at the Lanesborough Hotel and worked as an in-house health advisor to members of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family.
The mother of two practices Brazilian Dynamic Pilates every day to tone her buttocks.
Her clients tell her that a toned figure is what their husbands value most.
“We need to stay young,” Juliana says in her charming Brazilian accent. A fitness instructor for more than 20 years, she taught Pilates at the Lanesborough Hotel and served as a personal health advisor to members of the Abu Dhabi royal family. She’s 46, a mother of two, and the booty-sculpting Brazilian Dynamic Pilates (which focuses on progressive exercises and rigorous glute work rather than classical) every day keeps her looking sensational.
“My clients and I always talk about Marilyn Monroe, all these young girls trying to attract a husband,” she says, “and some of them dream of a short fling and being pampered by a sweet daddy. The more money they have, the more available these men are.”
Her clients tell her that “a toned body is the only thing their husbands care about,” so “pushing themselves to the absolute limit of discipline and effort with me is part of the price they pay to keep their husbands. And having the perfect, most natural body possible is what really keeps them hanging on.”
Juliana says it also changes the way women think and instills confidence and self-esteem.
“Me and my clients always talk about Marilyn Monroe — young girls trying to attract husbands,” she says.
“Nothing makes a husband more nervous than the attentions of another man,” Juliana says.
After three months of twice-weekly sessions with Juliana, her clients were turning heads when they walked into a room.
It’s survival of the fittest, Juliana warns. “As women get older, they know that their husbands’ eyes and hearts begin to wander.” One client, a mother of two in her mid-30s, told her husband, “I don’t find her as attractive as I used to. He now sees her as a ‘mother’ rather than a lover. This means he may have to look for love elsewhere.”
Happily, after three months of twice-weekly sessions with Juliana, her clients start turning heads when they walk into a room. “Nothing makes a husband more nervous than other men paying attention to his wife and complimenting her,” she says. “I teach my clients not only to look their best, but also to be their most attractive.”
Juliana says she’s changing the way women think, instilling confidence and self-esteem in them – maybe even encouraging some to leave rather than hang on to poor, wealthy men. they Someone who lives a single life, or someone who is kinder and more supportive.
“I train women to be strong for life. Maybe they are doing it for themselves and not worrying about their husbands,” she says.
Juliana has created 6 of the best Brazilian Dynamic Pilates moves you can do at home
All you need are some ankle weights, a resistance band, a soft Pilates ball, a mat to work on and the belief that anything is possible.
“I train women to be strong for life. Maybe I’m doing it for myself, not worrying about my husband,” she says. So for middle-aged women who want to feel more confident and build a bum to rival Jennifer Lopez’s, Juliana has created six of the best Brazilian Dynamic Pilates moves you can do at home. All you need are some ankle weights, a resistance band, a soft Pilates ball, a mat, and the belief that you can do anything.
Bottoms up for a pink ass
Lie on your back on a mat, facing a wall. Place your feet flat on the mat and bend your knees at 90 degrees. Place your hips flat on the mat, in line with your knees. Place your arms on the floor beside your body. Inhale to prepare, then exhale to raise your hips. Lift one vertebra at a time from your tailbone to create a bridge, resting on your shoulder blades if possible. Feel a stretch in your lower back. Engage your pelvis and slowly lower down. Activate your glutes. Repeat 10, or even 20 times.
What a core person
Lie in the same position with your feet flat at 90 degrees against the wall. Raise your hips to create a bridge. Extend your left leg until it’s vertical. Keep your other foot pressed against the wall. With your hips level and knees together, lift your left leg a few inches (don’t overextend it), point your toes and hold, then lower your left leg and curl your left toes. Repeat this 10 times, then do the other side. You should feel the movement in your core and glutes. Your core is holding you in this position. Are you shaking? Wow, sorry. But it’s worth it!
Brazilian ballet for the ass
Stand up and press your hands against a wall. With your feet slightly wider than hips and your pelvis tight, inhale and squat down into a plié. Exhale and stand up, lift one leg to the side, bend the knee and point your toes. Push off to engage your quads and glutes. It’s a good idea to wear ankle weights. Try 1kg on each ankle to start, but 2kg works well too. Do 10 to 20 repetitions on each side.
it is really amazing
Now, get those abs going! Now add half a kilo ankle weights to each wrist for added resistance. Sit on the floor with your feet flat against a wall and knees bent at 90 degrees. Press the Pilates ball under or just above your hips. Now sit back. Don’t lie completely flat. Extend your arms horizontally in front of you, shoulder-width apart. Keep your torso long and lift up and down. Look up at the ceiling, not the wall. It’s like you’re sitting on your tailbone. Breathe in and out. Make sure your abs are engaged to protect your back. Imagine you’re zipping from your pelvic floor to your chest, and keep it engaged.
Get a butt like J-Lo!
Place 1-2 kg weights around your ankles. Start on all fours. Place your left forearm flat on the mat and extend your leg. Place a Pilates ball behind your right knee and raise that leg until your thigh is horizontal and your knee is bent at a 90-degree angle. Contract your abs and glutes. Then lift and lower. The higher you lift, the more you’ll work your glutes.
continue…
No, not quite yet. Get on all fours. Place your left forearm on the floor, your right arm straight, and touch your right leg to your right elbow. Make sure you have the weights on your ankles. Knees hip-width apart. Do 10 reps. Do 10 more, faster. Then straighten your legs (so they’re vertical) and make 10 small circles in the air. Then repeat in the opposite direction. Do it on the other leg? I hope so. In Brazil, girls do this with 10k weights. It’s all about the butt here.
Consult your doctor before starting a new exercise program.
For more information visit www.julianacampos.co.uk or follow @julianacampospilates on Instagram.
Narrated by Anna Maxted
