How To Do The Double Leg Stretch In Body Weight Pilates Video

The double leg Pilates stretch will challenge your lung capacity and stretching ability. Learn more about the double leg stretch from a Pilates instructor in this video.

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Pull knees in
Curl head & shoulders
Extend legs at 45 degrees
Reach out arms
Breathe correctly

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Ashley Orlando has been a Pilates instructor since April 2007. Ashley currently instructs at Core Pilates NYC, Equinox Century City, My Pilates Body and Revolution Pilates.

How are we feeling out there? I hope it's good. So our next clip is the double leg stretch. So Mark is going to lay all the way down for us. You're going to bend those knees into your chest to start and curl the head, neck, and shoulders up and take your hands onto your knees. So you'll see us come into this position a lot. It's to get that core together. If you have problems doing this and your abs aren't strong yet, use your hands to help you pull it up. You want to pull it up enough so that you relax your neck. We do not want to work in your neck here or our shoulders, you're going to press those shoulders down. Again, you're going to crease right at breast length, crease all the way up from here, then you can challenge your powerhouse. So from here, double leg stretch, keeping the lower back completely pressed into the floor, you're going to extend your legs 45 degrees and your arms are going to go by your head. So you're going to hold this position, your navel keeps in for three, for two, for one, and then exhale. Wrap your hands around and bend your knees in. Good. Again. Inhale, press, you want to get longer like somebody's pulling your ankles and pulling your wrist, and then exhale, bend it all the way in. Good. Again. Inhale, press, reach longer, and then exhale, in. So this is a little bit harder, just to get the technique. You can speed up the momentum of the exercise. So from here, you're going to press out and then exhale, wrap and bend in. Inhale, press and reach, exhale, in and inhale, press and exhale, in. Last one. Inhale, press and in. Draw the knees in, relax the head, neck and shoulders down. That was the double leg stretch. Next is the single leg stretch.

How to Do the Double Leg Stretch in Body Weight Pilates Video

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