How to Do Circle Kicks for Pilates Exercise

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Part of the video series: How to Do Mat Pilates Exercises

Summary: Learn about how to do the circle kick pilates exercises with expert pilates workout tips in this free fitness video on pilates mat exercises.

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By Constance Borho
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Connie Borho has over 20 years’ varied experience in the health and wellness, and the Balance Pilates and Yoga Center in Bradenton, Florida. Recent work with college football players...read more

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"We're going to be doing the third exercise the beginner "Side Line Leg Kick Series" called Circles. And this increases the strength and flexibility specifically of the gluts, the hips and the thigh. It challenges the powerhouse to keep your legs in the hip and off the ground basically. So turn the top leg out. Firmly anchoring that bottom leg. Reach out through the hips. We're going to try to reach that top leg even longer than that bottom leg. Hover them up so that your feet are in Pilates Stance. Toes point towards the ceiling. Towards the ceiling with the toes. And then little tiny circles, kissing your heels in between. Squeeze. Squeeze. Little tiny circles. As your circling your reaching this hip out and holding the powerhouse tight. Squeezing the glutes, lengthening the hamstrings. Last one like that and reverse the circle. Sweep around. And squeeze those heels together. Squeeze. Reaching from the gluts, lengthening that hip. Three more. Anchoring the bottom leg. Keeping that hip stacked and release and relax."