Pilates Stretch Band Exercises: Circles

Video Transcript

"This exercise is a side line leg exercise using the band to work the glutes and the back of the leg. Take the band right in the middle and bring it over the toes, around the foot. Put the band in one hand and come into your side line leg position; everything is stacked, abs are engaged, head is in line with the spine, on the pillow created by your elbow. Take the top leg and point the toe down, bring the foot about to the level of the heel of the front foot; keeping things stacked, take a nice inhale up, exhale down; inhale up, exhale down; inhale and exhale. Lets reverse, you can do this exercise as small as a softball. The most important thing- or as large as a basketball. The most important thing is that you maintain your stability and your posture. So, inhale and exhale, or inhale and exhale. You can also, keeping the foot back there, take a nice inhale and bring the leg up, exhale for, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and inhale lower; exhale, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 inhale lower. After you do pulses always do full range of motion, you'll really feel this in the back of the legs. And last one, keeping the abs engaged, using this as the amount of tension that you want, and come down."