Hug a Tree Pilates Reformer Exercise

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is April Plank with Yoga Etc. Studios on behalf of Expert Village. In this clip, we will be working with hug a tree on the Pilates Reformer. So Helen is going to go ahead and help us with this. She is going to grab those hand straps and starting position is reaching the arms right in front of us, keeping a soft bend at the elbow just as if you were hugging a big tree. So she is going to inhale to prepare, reach those arms out and wide and exhale and pull the arms back together. Good. As she inhales out, the elbows are coming in line with the shoulders. As she pulls the arms together, she keeps the shoulders back and down. Great. She is going to do that several more times really focusing on that core stability to hold her spine upright and she is going to get really good work through the chest muscles all the way through those arms here. Last two and one more to finish. Now you can relax. That was hug a tree on the Pilates Reformer. "