Body Weight Pilates: Arabesque Pull

Video Transcript

"So this next exercise is definitely based off part of my dance background. It's called the arabesque pull, so you're going to on your hands and knees like Marcus here. You're going to press back to your plank or your preset position, so from this position I want you to lift your right foot up. You're going to press your arms back, all the way; lift the leg as high as you possibly can. Reach the leg along, start to bend the knee, keep the arms straight. Bring your shoulders back over your wrists and your knee to the outside of your elbow. Good, again inhale, press the leg straight, get longer, get taller and then axle draw the knee in toward the chest; use those oblique?s, exhale out. Inhale, press, one more and then exhale out to the side and then you'll switch legs. Left leg comes straight up in the air, press, so this is a good stretch here. Press that chest forward, give yourself a stretch, inhale then draw the knee out get that work in there. Use that control, inhale press and exhale in. One more press and exhale in draw the knees down press back at child's pose stretch out that upper body. The last clip was the arabesque pull and next will be the grab and snatch."