How to Do a Saw Pilates Exercise

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to be teaching you?re the full flow and execution of "The Saw" exercise. Feet hip distance apart or mat distance apart, firmly pressing into the mat. Feet drawn back towards you. Press out through the heels. Lengthen the arms out to either side. Lengthen up out of the pelvis. We're really trying to stretch up through the lower back and pull the belly in to support that. Inhale lift taller, twist around as you exhale. And reach the pinky finger to saw off the pinky toe. That?s why it?s called the "Saw". Lower this hand down a little bit, lengthening it out. So opposition is really important here. This hand reaches long; this hip opposes it. So sit down into that hip and pull it back. This hand reaches long; and this leg opposes that. And pull back. This leg reaches long and your Abs reach long. Inhale lift, lengthen, exhale, twist and reach and oppose. Sitting down into that opposite hip. Inhale, peel up one bone at a time as you come up. Exhale, twist through the center and reach out over that opposite foot. Lengthening out through the arms, keeping the neck long. Inhale, lift up. Exhale, twist through the center and reach out over that pinky toe. Anchoring this hip down. Last one. Inhale, peel up, come back to the center. Reach those arms long. And then down to the side. And that?s how we do "The Saw"."