🔥 Double Trouble: There are TWO posts for March 28th! 🔥
We’re rocking some more, though with bend legs this time. It may or may not make this a bit easier… Clapping is not original and thus totally optional, yet, it’ll make this more seal-like…
Andrea Maida writes about today’s exercises together with yesterday’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 29 exercises. Then repeat this exercise 6 times.
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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.
Instructions from Online Pilates Classes – with suggestions on how to use the exercise as a replacement for more challenging ones starting at about 03:54:
You can read more about the exercise and written instructions at the OPC page for it: onlinepilatesclasses.com/pi...
Watch Christina Gadar perform this exercise – with so much grace I can only dream of:
If you’re struggling with this exercise, check out this video from Andrea Maida:
Or this one starting at 21:30:
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 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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★ Our March MATness summary page: healthunlocked.com/strength... ★
