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Hi, I'm Katie Mann with Club Pilates, owner of Club Pilates North Park and Club PIlates
Mission Gorge. And today we're here with Andrea, and she's going to be demonstrating side bends.
So one of the best things for pregnancy is that you can still work those obliques throughout
the pregnancy. As she exhales, she's going to lift up the side body and then inhale lowering
back down. We're working to contract those side top obliques as we lengthen the bottom
side. So she's giving some work of strengthening and lengthening which is the main purpose
of Pilates. Pilates is one of the best exercises you can do throughout your pregnancy. Andrea's
about to have her baby in about 2 or 3 weeks now and she's been doing this three times
a week throughout the pregnancy. So upon that exhale, we're watching that her body is staying
nice and straight lined. Reaching down towards the knee and inhale going back down. Watching
that that head is following her thoracic spine, not getting pushed. Good! One more time. Take
that big exhale breath and now lower down and stretch those arms over.
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