High Half Toe Pilates Reformer Exercise

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is April Plank with Yoga Etc. Studios on behalf on Expert Village. In this clip we will be working with the high half toe on the pilates reformer. Helen is going to be working with me today on this position. Thanks for being here. So I am going to have her slide her feet so that the balls of her feet are on the bar and she is going to lift up into the highest high half toe she can like she is wearing a high stiletto heel. She will keep the legs gathered together. She will keep that nice and neutral pelvis, neutral spine, arms are resting beside her and the shoulders are just relaxing down the back. On the inhale she will take the carriage out and get a full extension through the spine. As she exhales, she will breathe out through pierced lips blowing her breath out and engaging the core. Good! Inhaling and extending getting that full extension without locking the knees and exhale using that nice deep breath to engage those transverse abdominal. Great. This is an excellent exercise for the abdominal engagement. It is also a great exercise to work through those leg muscles and we will do this three more and she is moving really slowly with control resisting that spring weight. Last two here, full extension making sure those heels are staying nice and high in that high half toe position and this is our last one inhaling and exhaling in. Thank you and that was high half toe on the pilates reformer."