Today is March 19 and we’re working on the 20th exercise in Joe’s Mat series. And we’ll be going upside down again – if we want to.
Yesterday’s Spine Twist and today’s Jack-Knife exercises, “prepare the sides of the body and the entire back line of the body for the challenge of the Side Kick Series. In the Spine Twist the back is striving to stay tall in a seated position, nearly as hard a feat as staying ‘tall’ and not getting lounge-y when you lie on your side for the Side Kicks,” writes Andrea Maida (via pilatesandrea.com/on-the-or... ).
As always, if you need to warm-up, do at least The Hundred, maybe all of the previous 19 exercises. Then repeat this exercise 3 times.
Follow Joe’s instructions from the excerpt from Return to Life. Today is a good day to practice Joe’s advice to modify to ensure that we’re doing what feels right for our body today.
Instructions from Online Pilates Classes – with suggestions on how to make the exercise easier starting at about 02:50:
You can read more about the exercise and written instructions at the OPC page for it: onlinepilatesclasses.com/pi...
Another set of instructions from the Pilates Lesson Plan, including a video and modification suggestions, are here: georgewatts.org/lesson-plan... (and pilateslessonplans.co.uk/fr... )
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Standing variations for exercises 16-20 by RAD Pilates: instagram.com/reel/CZ-Y5k1A...
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Photo from Return to Life as published by Presentation Dynamics. Photos are far better reproduced in the paperback published by the Pilates Method Alliance in 2010, which isn’t available electronically. (See this post for the title page: healthunlocked.com/strength... )
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