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Summary: The one-leg circle exercise in Pilates lengthens and strengthens the leg muscles. Learn to do the one -eg circle Pilates exercise with tips from a fitness trainer in this free exercise video.
"This beginner Pilates Exercise is called the One Leg Circle. We're going to lengthen and strengthen the legs while we're strengthening the core. Come on down to your back and to start, have your left knee bent, your right leg extended straight up, pull your shoulder blades back, anchor your arms towards the mat, navel to spine. With that extended leg, turn your hip out and really point your toes towards the ceiling. To start this exercise, circle across the mid-line of your body, and then just pause at the top and begin another circle. Your breathing as inhale down, exhale up. When you become really good at this movement, then you can start to extend the other leg, anchor the other leg down to the ground and you want to perform about eight to ten circles in one direction and then switch and do eight to ten circles in the opposite direction. Now remember the breathing, inhale down, exhale up. Keeping your hips from rocking side to side. So keep your hips anchored down. And then after you perform eight to ten circles on that leg, and then the other direction, then you switch to the other leg. And that is your One Leg Circle."
eHow Article: Pilates Exercises: One-Leg Circle