Pilates Stretch Band Exercises: Leg Slide

Video Transcript

"This exercise is designed to stretch out the leg and the gluts. In order to do this exercise we are going to go ahead and come on to our back and again whenever you come on to your back engage those abs so that your back is supported. Take one leg and cross it at the ankle over the opposite knee. Your hands come down to your side. Go ahead and bring that leg up pushing with this knee and then you'll feel a stretch in the back of the opposite leg and then go ahead and roll in the direction of the supported knee. All the way to the floor if you can get there and you'll feel a stretch all the way in the back of the leg, supporting yourself, take a nice inhale and then exhale bring yourself back up and go ahead and change legs. Crossing at the ankle now some people pull this knee up by using their shoulders and you'll see a lot of tension in their neck and they'll be pulling their shoulders forward but this leg is strong enough to just push against the other without engaging the shoulders or putting any tension in the neck and going ahead and roll to the opposite side allowing a stretch to occur all the way around and for some people they do consider this just a little bit painful but the stretch should be held for about 30 seconds on each side, inhale, exhale, engage the abs and bring that leg back up to center setting both knees down."