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This intermediate Pilates exercise is called the corkscrew. We're really going to attack
that core now. So come on down to your mat, and extend your legs into a Pilate stance.
Which means that your heels are together and your toes are out like a V. So we really want
to anchor that torso, so pull your shoulder blades back, and they come down. Imagine that
your sliding your shoulder blades into your back pockets, draw that navel in towards your
spine, inhale as you circle your legs down to one side, bring them up to the middle.
And then reverse that circle. Inhale down, exhale up. Reverse that circle. Inhale down,
exhale up. Now it just depends on how well you can keep the small of your back connected
to the mat in terms of how big your circles are. So the bigger your circles are, the more
stabilized you have to be through your core. Keep the small of your back pressing down
to the mat. Always remembering inhale to lower down, exhale as you come up. And that is your
corkscrew.