Pilates Exercises: Half-Roll Down

Video Transcript

"This beginner Pilates Exercise is called the Half Roll Down. We're really going to strengthen the core muscles here and this is a nice way to build up to the roll up if you have not mastered that exercise yet. So start with your feet hip width apart. Your knees are bent, sit up really nice and tall. Extend your arms forward and inhale to prepare, exhale, roll down half way just right before you feel like you're going to loose control. So you really want to tighten up right here on the abs. Inhale and exhale, sit up really nice and tall, lengthen out through the crown of your head. Inhale, exhale lower down. Inhale and exhale up. Now if you want to take this to the next level, as you come on down, open up your arms and inhale, then exhale, sitting on up. Inhale at the top and exhale lower down. Inhale open your arms and exhale coming up. And that is called your Half Roll Down."