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Hi I'm Katie Mann for Club Pilates Studios and today we're talking about integrating
our pregnant clients into our classes. One of the best things you can do throughout your
pregnancy is Pilates to help stabilize the body and stretch and stabilize that core,
to deliver that child.
So today we're going to talk about a little bit about some of the modifications that you
can do in class, the more you know prior to coming to class, the better you're going to
integrate into our classes. So we're going to talk a little bit about side lying today,
which is one of the safest and most effective places to lie while your belly is growing.
We're going to place that little ball down for your head, lying down on your side, getting
nice and comfortable here. We might want to add a pillow or a prop underneath the growing
belly to help stabilize there. We're going to place our top leg into that top foot loop
and extend through the side. It's going to be very comfortable for most people. The top
arm, shoulder out of the ear, we're going to take that inhale to reach that leg straight
out in front, then exhale as your press. While the class might be lying on their back in
their supine position, that's not going to be safe for our pregnant clients after the
second trimester so this side lying is going to give you the same exercise components but
just on that single leg side. Whatever we do on one side, we're going to make sure we
do it on the other side as well. So all these different variations that can be done throughout
your pregnancy, can also be done on the other side and we want to make sure that we're nice
and even.
Taking that inhale to slowly come on in, stabilizing the carriage and gently coming into the rest
position. For more information on how you can do Pilates throughout your pregnancy,
come check us out at ClubPilatesStudio.com and find a location near you.