Pilates Stretch Band Exercises: Curling Feet

Video Transcript

"This exercise mimics the footwork on the reformer. Go ahead and grab the band and bring it out flat across your mat. Bring it to the front of your feet covering the toes and ball of your foot. Go ahead and hold the band in both hands and begin to curl back, take a nice inhale and exhale, curl back, bring the legs up into tabletop. Take a nice inhale and exhale flex the torso up. Go ahead and bring the legs up into what is called Pilates first position. The knees are about even with the shoulder so take a nice inhale and exhale up, inhale down, exhale, zip up the inner thighs using these muscles, inhale lower. The next position is to have your feet straight and exhale out, inhale lower, exhale out, inhale lower. The last position is to go ahead and medially rotate your toes working more of the inner side of the quads, inhale in bringing the knees together and exhale out, inhale in, exhale out, inhale in, of course all of these exercises can be done while laying on the mat just working your torso moving your rib cage rather than coming all of the way up."