Pilates Leeds

This exercise looks a bit like an exercise in Matwork Pilates but here, pushing down against the pedal totally changes the exercise.

You have to use your lateral buttock muscles and the inner thigh whilst working in your core to stay stable.

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Did you know that there is other Pilates apparatus as well as the Reformer?

Here I’m using a spine corrector to do a Swan Dive, one of Joseph Pilates’ original matwork exercises. It is very demanding and I have never been able to do it on the mat.

I can do it on the Spine Corrector because the apparatus enables me to extend my legs up into the air with far greater ease.

Why not experience the benefits of some other Pilates apparatus?

This exercise is strangely named “Rotation with Attitude”. There is a bit of everything here - press up of the upper body, external rotation of the leg, all done with rotation of the spine. 💛

Come along and give it a go!

Doesn’t matter how much or how little you’re doing, as long as you’re doing it! 💛 Try this move on for size, see how you get on.

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This months MOVE OF THE MONTH can be deceptive, looks easy but can be quite challenging - very beneficial for the shoulders. Give it a go and let me know how you get on! 💛