Jumpilates xi: Intermediate-Advanced Jump Board, Arms & Abdominals II with Helen Tardent
Helen Tardent from Pilates Moves & Emergy Pilates guides you through an intermediate-advanced level Reformer & Jump Board sequence.
The Jumpboard, Arms & Abdominals II exercises are:
Jump Board sequence, Parallel Around the World, Arms with Single Leg Stretch, Reverse Parallel Around the World, Arms with Single Leg Stretch & 100s Lowering.
The focus is:
Jump Board sequence: Coordination, & activation of abdominals, quadriceps (front of thighs, which are involved in hip & knee flexion), hamstrings (back of thighs, which are involved in the lowering phase and the explosive phase of your jump), hip flexors (front of hip, which are involved when you flex your hip), & calves (which are involved in plantar-flexing your foot as you jump off the Jump Board and point your toes downward).
Parallel Around the World, Arms with Single Leg Stretch, Reverse Parallel Around the World, Arms with Single Leg Stretch: Activation of latissimus dorsi, teres major & posterior deltoids (shoulder extensors, which are involved in pulling your arm back) & triceps (arm retroversion, which are involved in pulling your arm back past the line of your torso); hip disassociation, spinal flexion & abdominal endurance.
100s Lowering: Hip disassociation, abdominal endurance & spinal flexion & perturbation of your arms to facilitate your core.
This sequence is suitable for:
Low-risk apparently healthy intermediate-advanced Pilates Reformer instructors & students.
You will need:
A Reformer & Jump Board.
This sequence is part 2 of 9 segments of the Jumpilates xi Class.
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