Pilates Swing Workout on a Fitness Disc

"This next exercise is taken from the Pilates world. I'm going to have you lie down on your side, and again, it's just take one glide underneath your foot and extend that leg out to the side. We're going to begin the exercise by just allowing that leg to sweep forward and back. Once you're comfortable with the leg movement, you're going to add the arm in opposition. So as the leg goes back the arm comes forward; as the leg comes forward, the arm goes back, and you can follow your hand with your head. So in this exercise I'm pushing down through the ball of my foot so I'm targeting my inner-thigh, also my glutes as my leg goes back, and I have some core stability working here as my arm moves through the motion as well. I can advance the exercise to the next level by lifting as my arm comes forward and dropping the hip down, and extending and releasing, and exhale. Or, I can stay in a lifted position and get that nice, full range of motion that really isn't as possible with the leg unless you use the glide. So that exercise is our Pilates swing."