I have found a lot of interesting quirks in my body from doing one-sided Pilates exercises. The One Arm Push Down from the side is another one of those body revealers.
Use Mountain Climber to help you connect more to your Knee Stretches on the Reformer. Challenge your Spine Stretch Forward, Double Leg Stretch and more!
This is more difficult than doing it on the High Chair because you may have the fear of falling. You also have less springs to assist you going up and down.
This exercise is more than meets the eye. Once you lift the pedal you are going to see right away just how much you are standing in that supporting leg.
I’ll never forget the first time I learned Going Upside. My teacher told me to levitate. Yep, just rise up without leaning into my top leg.
A great exercise to learn how and practice the press and reach through a standing leg while moving the other leg inside the hip without moving your pelvis.
Learn and practice Tendon Stretch here on the Wunda Chair and then take what you know over to the Reformer. Especially this one leg version.
In Pilates, there is a down reach and an up reach. Or a down stretch and an up stretch. You cannot do an exercise without having both!
Push Down on the Wunda Chair is the Roll Up Standing. That sentence was such a light bulb moment for me in my Pilates journey! When I first learned the Push Down I thought, “Cool, a hamstring stretch,” but, that was just the tiny beginning.
Sometimes called Side Pull Ups or Snake prep. Doesn’t matter what you call it. It matters more that you use it to teach your body something it needs.
First, try doing this with your legs together. If that is going well, then you can try adding the split leg version. But, if it does not, then skip it.
If you’re already doing Tendon Stretch on the Reformer, practicing it on the chair can help you fine-tune without messing up your Reformer flow.
An excellent way to challenge your coordination, balance, strength and stretch. This exercise is great to challenge what you’ve learned on the High Chair.
This exercise strengthens your seat, your back and opens the front of your hips and chest. Table will help you do more Pilates exercises better!
This is really essential for connecting your arms to your back and your legs to your seat. It’s not a big glamorous movement. It’s small and mighty!
Footwork on the Wunda Chair doesn’t care how much you can push down on the pedal but, rather, how much you can pull up on the pedal while pushing down.
The first time I did Reverse Teaser on top of the Wunda Chair the apprentice teaching me placed my hips too far back and I almost fell off! From then on I never forgot to bring the hips as close to the back of the chair as possible for my body or my client’s body.
Sometimes called Side Pull Ups or Snake prep. Doesn’t matter what you call it. It matters more that you use it to teach your body something it needs.
You can do almost anything on the Wunda Chair that you do on the High Chair except Press Ups so if you can only get one chair get a Wunda Chair.
If you love the Push Down on the Wunda Chair you will really love this one arm version!
After really practicing the Pull Ups I noticed my Elephant, Up Stretch and even Jackknife get stronger. I was able to maintain the lift and reach!