Pilates Ball Exercise: Side Leg Lift

Video Transcript

"This is a sidelying leg lift with the ball. Go ahead and come down into your sidelying position, where everything is nice and stacked. Bringing the ball between your ankles. If it is more comfortable, it does not matter if it is between your knees. Wherever you can hold onto the ball. I find it easier to do it with my feet. Go ahead and come down with the ball like this. Use this hand as your kickstand for support. Making sure that everything is stacked. When you lift the ball, try not to go backwards or go forward. So, inhale to prepare. Exhale. Lift. Inhale. Lower. Exhale. Lift. Inhale. Lower. Exhale. Lift. Now, to make this more difficult, go ahead and remove your kickstand. Put that hand on your hip. Take a nice inhale and exhale. Lift the torso and the legs at the same time. So, you want air underneath your armpit, as well as underneath the lower leg. Really working that external oblique. Inhale. Lower. And, exhale. Lift."