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Subscriber mat class: Monday evening with a sore big toe

The toe didn't matter because Pilates teaches other body parts to take over the movement from the sore body part

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Bruce Thomson
Jun 22, 2023
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This workout is good for

  • Ankle and glute strength

  • Comfortable cores strength in challenging situations

  • Relaxing and breathing on the move

Teaching moments

  • 00:05 Heel lowers start

  • 01:29 Single-leg heel lift

  • 02:47 Single-leg eagle squat

  • 04:12 Single leg Good morning

  • 05:29 Single-leg spiral squat

  • 06:58 Seated, push a knee down

  • 08:51 Massage Vastus medialis muscle

  • 09:44 Tall kneeling , 1-2-3 neck stretch side &n lookup

  • 11:27 Rolling Sir Galahad

  • 12:30 Chest expansion

  • 13:14 All 4's rocking back, and Dupuytren's stretches

  • 14:49 Pilates 100 variations

  • 15:45 Single-leg assisted rollup

  • 17:02 Up and down lunge "yoyo."

  • 18:35 Single lg circles with a broomstick

  • 19:26 windscreen wiper (broomstick reciprocal)

  • 22:07 Rolling variations (baby startle reflex)

  • 22:45 Spine strech forward

  • 23:11 Single-leg stretch variations

  • 25:53 Double leg stretch variations

  • 26:11 Single straight-leg stretch variations

  • 28:45 Spine stretch forward "breaking wave."

  • 28:45 The saw (twist the body)

  • 29:18 Push a knee down

  • 30:37 Driver looks behind

  • 32:20 Quad stretch side lying

  • 34:17 Roman feast hip lift variations

  • 35:56 Classic side-lying

  • 38:34 Side-lying clams

  • 43:17 Side kick leg action while standing

  • 45:20 Crisscross with a pause

  • 46:08 Bridging vertical stick & two glasses of beer

  • 48:47 Stretch band windscreen wiper

  • 51:58 Tennis ball massage in the bridge & in side-lying

  • 53:38 A sore big toe: not a problem when other body parts do the movement instead

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