STOTT® PILATES FEATURED EXERCISE

STARTING POSITION

  • Seated on Stability Ball, neutral spine (neither arched nor flattened).
    Feet flat on the Mat, hip-distance apart, and hands behind head.

EXERCISE

3-5 repetitions on both sides

  • INHALE to prepare
  • EXHALE keep torso in an upright position and lift one foot off the Mat, maintaining balance and neutral spine.
  • EXHALE slowly lower foot to the Mat.

MODIFICATION

  • When balanced, rotate the torso toward the lifted leg and then rotate back to center when lowering foot

 

 

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