Helen Tardent from Pilates Moves & Emergy Pilates guides you through an advanced level Reformer & Jump Board sequence.

The Jumpboard, Arms & Abdominals I exercises are:
Jump Board sequence with the Chi Ball, Arms I, Triceps I, Arms with Single Leg Stretch, Triceps with Single Leg stretch & 100s Lowering with Chi Ball.

The focus is:
Jump Board sequence with the Chi Ball: Core stability, balance, & 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).
Arms I, Triceps I, Arms with Single Leg Stretch, Triceps with Single Leg stretch & 100s Lowering with Chi Ball: 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, & straightening your arms from the 90 angle of your elbow); Core stability, balance, hip disassociation, spinal flexion, abdominal endurance, & leg adductors (inner thighs).

This sequence is suitable for:
Low-risk apparently healthy advanced Pilates Reformer instructors & students.

You will need:
A Reformer & Chi Ball.

This sequence is part 1 of 8 segments of the Jumpilates xxxix Class.