The weight can easily get caught in your neck and shoulders. Using the Spine Corrector allows you to stand on your shoulder girdle and feel the up stretch.
If you have trouble maintaining your feet connecting to the Mat remember that is why you’re practicing. It’s the same reach you need on your Reformer.
While this isn’t a traditional place to do this exercise it does require you to reach in two directions. It’ll keep you from doing out of control movements.
One of the hardest things to explore in the Grasshopper exercise is the lift up before you reach the legs back out to do the beats and the kick up and over.
That’s why I like this simple exercise. It allows you to take what you know about your roll up and use the proprioception of the Spine Corrector.
The Ab Series teaches your body the many shapes and connections it needs for most of the Pilate exercises. Challenge your connections on the Spine Corrector.
Start with the Arm Series and the Leg series, Shoulder Bridge on the Barrel, Ladder Barrel backbend and then try for the High Bridge on the Spine Corrector.
Sit facing into the Spine Corrector’s hump. It will be tempting to let your legs hang over the barrel but find your sweet spot and find your Teaser!
After a while, it’s time to focus on the reach out of the back while maintaining the balance of the Teaser is necessary-Enter the Spine Corrector Teasers!
After a while, it’s time to focus on the reach out of the back while maintaining the balance of the Teaser is necessary-Enter the Spine Corrector Teasers!
The Spine Corrector may look odd and maybe less necessary than the Reformer but trust me, it will change your Pilates practice like almost nothing else.
Find the length of your spine, the strength of your seat. Practice your Shoulder Bridge on the Spine Corrector and then off to strengthen your Mat practice.
In an ideal world, you would go from Swan to Swimming to Rocking on the Spine Corrector without stopping to rest or reset. It really builds endurance!
This exercise truly shows the way Pilates can be deceiving. It’s not just about the obliques. In this exercise, you are going to feel your outer hips!
It may take you a few times to find your balance and work on this exercise. Take your time. Once you get it then you will be able to work on your Swimming.
Now that you’re balanced reach your arms wide to the side and as you inhale and exhale feel how your body begins to rock forward and backward.
The Leg Series on the Spine Corrector helps you work out some of the same movements you see on the Mat and the Reformer. It will challenge what you know.
