How To Do Single Leg Stretch & Overhead Extension Combinations With A Stability Ball Video

The leg stretch and overhead extension combination using a stability ball uses a Pilates move and will work the abs. Learn how to do leg stretch and overhead extension combinations using a stability ball from a certified personal fitness trainer in this exercise video.

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Use correct size ball
Lay on back
Stabilize upper body
Body in "C" curve
Fluid motion

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Amy McCauley has been a certified personal fitness trainer since 1995. She specializes in pilates, combat cardio, core conditioning and overall strength training. She works with clients ranging in age from 16 - 69. She has worked at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, NC since 2006. She loves her job because it gives her the opportunity to change peoples' lives in a positive way.

So our next set of exercises there's actually five so you want to try to do these right in a row, right after each other. The first is called the single leg stretch. So you'll start again on you back, you're going to roll through that spine all the way down, good. You're going to bend your knees into your chest. Again you're going to create that Pilates curl you hear me say that a lot. Curl the head, neck and shoulders up. So from here, you can use your hands, place your hands onto your knees and try to pull yourself up a little bit higher so that you're relaxing your neck. We don't want to get in our neck here. We just want to make sure we get that curl. From here, both hands go in the right knee and you're going to extend your left leg straight out and point that toe. From here, take your right hand and bring it on your right ankle so the outside hand is always on the outside of the ankle. Take a deep breath. Take an inhale and then exhale, switch legs and hold it there. So you want to get the precision. You want to get that dancer-body look. Beautiful Mark, keep it up. Curl up a little bit higher, straighten out like even longer. So you're going to reach that toe all the way as long as it possibly can go and switch sides again and hold. Good. So you get your technique first. Keep that curl. Keep those legs long. Switch and hold. And then, once you have your technique you can speed it up a little bit faster. Take an inhale, switch, and exhale, switch, and switch, good. Keep pulling the navel in towards the spine. Keep creasing up a little bit higher. Keep stretching those legs. Test that powerhouse. Three and three, go for two. Two more, last one, and one. Draw the knees back into the chest. Curl the head, neck and shoulders back down. Our next exercise is called the double leg stretch.

How to Do Single Leg Stretch & Overhead Extension Combinations With a Stability Ball Video

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