Toe Raise Pilates Exercise

Video Transcript

"This standing Pilates exercise is the toe raise. Now when you perform this exercise, you are going to really feel that burn from your heels on up to the top of your group. So what you want to do is you start in a Pilates stand. Drive your heels together, your calves together and your inner thighs. Like you are lifting up and squeezing. Pull your abdominal muscles in, shoulders back and down. And really press up through the balls of your feet and as you come down, really squeeze everything together. Think nice and tall. Now when you come down, don't put all your body weight into your heels. You want to keep lifting. And then you can make it a little crazy. You can come up and starting pulsing. Now to really make your gluts work, squeeze them as hard as you can. Think tall. And just breath naturally. Then after you pulse for about 10 to 20 reps, then you can slow it down again. And then that?s when you top it off. Those are your toe raises."