🔥 Double Trouble: There are TWO posts for March 28th! 🔥
This exercise is hard – and you need to be very careful if you’re doing the forward part! This is not a neck strengthener, so when you’re going forward your lifting yourself through your torso, there’s little to no weight on your head and neck. If you don’t want to attempt this part, you can just do the rolling back part – or just repeat the seal. More options in the videos below…
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Are you a rolling machine yet as Andrea Maida writes: “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 30 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 make the exercise easier starting at about 02:09:
You can read more about the exercise and written instructions at the OPC page for it: onlinepilatesclasses.com/pi...
Watch in awe how Christina Gadar performs this exercise:
If you’re struggling with this exercise, check out this video from Andrea Maida:
Or her tips and hints in this March MATness video from 2019:
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 31-34 from RAD Pilates: instagram.com/reel/CafNSQXp...
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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... ★
