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Pilates Exercises - Side Kick
INTERMEDIATE SIDE KICK
This is about spinal stability with mobility of the legs.
To start
- Lie on the right side of the body with the bottom leg bent
for balance. Place the left hand on the hip. Feel the distance
between the hip and the head. The spine is in neutral with the
core engaged for stability.
- Lift the top left leg up. Slowly swing the leg forward with
the maintenance of the head-tail connection. Swing the top leg
backwards. It is important to keep the pelvis still. If the pelvis
rotates, the exercise has lost the stability of the spine and
the workload in the legs.
- Repeat seven more times.
- Repeat to the other side with eight leg swings.
- Observation
- If the spine is moving with the hip hiking, the workload will
go to the back instead of the legs. Lift the leg at a height with
the spine staying quiet.
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