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This intermediate Pilates exercise is called the double leg kick. So we're bringing those
hamstrings into the picture along with the gluts and the lower back. So come on down
into a prone position on the mat, place your hands at the small of your back lowering your
shoulders and your elbows towards the mat. Place your feet together, squeeze your inner
thighs and turn your face to one side. Here you're going to kick your feet three times,
so we inhale, inhale, inhale, exhale as you extend really contract your tricep muscles,
lengthen out through the crown of your head, lengthen out through your toes. And then turn
your head to the other side, lowering down inhale, inhale, inhale, exhale up, inhale
to the other side. Inhale, inhale, inhale, exhale up, and to the other side. Now as you
lower down you want to make sure that you're lowering your shoulders and your elbows back
down to the mat, so we don't want any angel wings. Inhale, inhale, inhale, exhale as you
fully extend. And then perform about eight to ten reps on each side and then just rest.
And that is your double leg kick.