Warming Up for Single Leg Pilates Stretch

Video Transcript

"I'll be teaching you now the "Single Leg Stretch?, it?s part of the Abdominal Series of Five. It?s a killer Ab workout and basically it?s to, the goal of the exercises are to stretch your legs, but also to work your Abs. Single leg stretch is done in order to stretch the back of your body and to work the front of your body. So to prepare for this exercise, you?re going to be on your back, feet underneath you and knees bent to the ceiling. Again we're just going to imprint the spine down and into the mat without tilting that pelvis, And all I want you to do is again, take a deep breath. And exhale and curl your chin to your chest, and your nose to your navel. Now reach your right knee in towards your chest. And just pull it in with your abdominals. And then release it back down. And release your head down. Take another deep breath. Exhale, curl your chin to your chest, your nose to your navel and pull the left knee in. And put it back down. And another deep breath. Exhale, curl in and pull this right knee in and release. And one more time. Inhale. And exhale and curl everything in; curling that chin in. And that?s how you prepare for the Abdominal Series of Five and the Single leg Stretch."