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Hi, I'm Katie Mann for Club Pilates Studio and today I'm going to show you some modifications
for arm work on the reformer throughout your pregnancy.
So because it's not safe to lay on your stomach when you're pregnant, we do some modifications
in the quadruped position. We still want to lengthen through the body so we want to think
about lengthening from the head to the tail bone. On that inhale, we're going to lift
our chest over the foot bar, getting that nice extension. Exhale we're going to press
away and then round through the tail bone slightly. Inhale lengthening on out, exhale
lift the chest up over the bar to that modified swan motion and then tucking the belly.
For a little bit more advanced workout, we might go ahead and extend through the spine
and draw that carriage up and in, lengthening from the head to the tail bone, squeezing
the glutes. Opening up our whole front body. Taking that inhale, if we want to make it
another step forwards, we can go into some rotation at the top. So pulling that carriage
in and twisting and rotating the spine up and over, making sure that whatever we do
on one side, we also do on the other side because we want our body to be nice and stable
and nice and even and symmetrical.
For more information on doing Pilates throughout your pregnancy, check out ClubPilatesStudio.com
for a location near you.