March MATness Day 27: The Boomerang

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Today’s exercise 29, The Boomerang, is challenging, yet I find it super fun! Maybe because I like the idea of a boomerang? Or just rocking around? I don’t really know… It combines Rolling like a Ball (exercise 5, Rolling Back) with a bit of a Teaser and some Roll-Over.

Andrea Maida writes about today’s exercise together with tomorrow’s because they’re all getting us rolling (again): “Pilates builds integrity in motion and 3 rolling exercises in a row really puts that to the test. Each of the 3 has their own rhythm and shape to the body. In the midst of tackling these exercises you can clearly see when you are a rolling stone and when you’re not. By the time you get to The Crab you can challenge yourself to be a solid rolling machine.” (pilatesandrea.com/on-the-or...

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As always, if you need to warm-up, do at least The Hundred, maybe all of the previous 28 exercises. Then repeat this exercise 6 times alternating the cross of the legs.

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Follow Joe’s instructions from the excerpt from Return to Life. And make sure to modify to ensure your body gets what you need today.

😍 Watch Joe perform The Boomerang here: youtube.com/shorts/AhE8fbZQ4xI 😍

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Instructions from Online Pilates Classes – with suggestions on how to make the exercise easier starting at about 02:22:

youtu.be/JX4WilffAFs(Not working as expected?)

You can read more about the exercise and written instructions at the OPC page for it: onlinepilatesclasses.com/pi...

If you’re struggling with this exercise, check out this video from Andrea Maida:

youtu.be/5xyDEKKndxA(Not working as expected?)

Or this one (starting at 19:49 for Boomerang):

youtu.be/b7qHYd6q9Ac?t=1189(Not working as expected?)

Another set of instructions is 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 26-30 from RAD Pilates: instagram.com/reel/CaVZQ33B...

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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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[ChannelRunner2 in reply to CBDB]

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Yea, some of the exercises in the last week are quite challenging and a bit scary at least at first... So, modify the heck out of them! Or replace them... Here you could also do The Roll Up from Day 2...

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Just wanted to show hubby the original video of Joe Pilates doing the boomerang, but I cannot find the link in the post anymore. I had it in my YouTube history, though. So maybe it was in a different post. But here again, just in case it’s of interest to others:

youtube.com/shorts/AhE8fbZQ...

[ChannelRunner2 in reply to CBDB]

Fantastic! Thanks,  CBDB ! I've added it to the post... 😍