The Inner Thigh Pilates Exercise Lift

Video Transcript

"I'm going to be teaching you the "Inner Thigh Lower End Lifts" of the beginners Pilates Mat Work "Side Line Leg Kick Series". To set up for this exercise: line the spine up with the back edge of your mat. Stack the hips. Your top arm reaches through to the ankle. Press the foot into the floor. Knee presses away and lengthen out through that bottom leg, trying to keep the shoulders stacked. She can bring her hand up underneath her head or she can lie down, depending on the neck and shoulder issues involved. To execute this exercise, with the inner thigh we're going to lift that leg up away from the floor. And hold it there. Find that inner thigh, lengthen out through the toe. This is the beginning and the end point of each lower end lift. Now imagine that there's an elephant standing on your inner thigh. We're going to start at this lifted position, your going to lift that elephant even more and lower it down to that starting position and then hold. And then press that elephant up and lower it down with control. Press it up and lower it down. And press it down to that beginning location. Lift it back up, reach, pressing that elephant away and pressing it back down. And release and relax. And that?s the "Inner Thigh Lower Lift" of the ?Side Line Leg Kick Series" And you would repeat that to the other side."