The Inner Thigh Pilates Exercise Circles

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

Summary: Learn about how to do the inner thigh circle 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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"I'm going to be teaching you the "Inner Thigh Circles" of the inner thigh portion of the "Side Line Leg Kick Series" in the beginner mat work from the Pilates Method of exercise. Bending that top knee in. Put the foot on the floor. Step down onto the floor, press that knee away. Shoulder over shoulder, hip over hip. Press that lower leg long. From the inner thigh, the top of that inner thigh, we're going to lift that leg and hold it. This is the beginning and end point of this exercise. We don't go any lower; we don't go any, really any higher than this. We're going to circle that leg to the front. Now reach it up and around to the back of the mat and to the front of the mat. And then up and around to the back of the mat and to the front and reach out of the hips. As you stretch that leg from one side of the mat to the other, reaching long, making it come from the inner thigh. Keeping the hips stacked over the hip and the shoulders released. Use the powerhouse to lift the leg. And reverse the circle. We're going to bring that leg back to the back edge of the mat, up and around. Lengthening out through the leg, keeping the hips stacked. Reaching out. As big a circle as you can you can possibly make. Lengthening and release and relax."