Exercise of the week!
Starting position: Supine position with your hands by your sides, knees bent, feet on your partner’s knees.
Execution: Inhale and during exhalation engage your abdominals and lift your pelvis vertebrae by vertebrae until is aligned with your knees and your shoulders.
Inhale and unfold one leg reaching it straight up toward the ceiling. Flex the foot of the lifted leg as you lower it. Repeat 3 times.
Perform on the other side and both slowly return to starting position.
Cues:
- Engage your gluts in order to avoid cramps
- Knees hip width apart
- Belly button towards the spine
- Shoulders in alignment with pelvis and knees
Christina Nikolia, Personal Trainer, Pilates Instructor, AthensTrainers® Associate
