Pilates@home using a home reformer: side split

Reformers are the most popular piece of Pilates equipment.

With its system of springs and ropes, a Reformer provides both resistance and assistance to the exercises. This expands the variety of exercises you can do and allows them to be easier or more difficult, depending on your needs.

LEG & BUTT WORK

SIDE SPLIT

 

reformer

Standing position with one foot on the rubbed footplated and the other on  carriage mat.Legs parallel and bent. Arms folded behind your back.

Inhale and press the carriage out keeping your knees bent. Repeat 5-7 times.

Varvara Solomonidou,Wellness Specialist, Personal Trainer, Seminar & Conference Lecturer, Pilates Master Trainer “AthensTrainers® Ultimate Pilates System®”, Member of Pilates Method Alliance (PMA),  Member of European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO), DNAFit®  Certified Trainer, General Manager & Owner of AthensTrainers®

Models: Foteini Alexopoulou and Konstantina Bakara, AthensTrainers® Associates

Clothes: DANCEDREAMS VICKY ZORBA Equipment: HOME REFORMER BENDIS PILATES by BODYBUILDING CLUB

Source: Body Magazine, issue 56