Leg Reaches @ Home

In the video below David & Siobhain demonstrate how to practice Leg Reaches at home, talking you through the basic techniques as well as offering some progressions to make the exercise more challenging as you get stronger.

Leg Reaches is a very simple yet very effective exercise that you can practice easily at home. It’s the perfect exercise to really challenge your tummy muscles making them stronger and more toned, it is also a great exercise to help improve some of the fundamental Pilates techniques such as drawing your abdomen in & maintaining a neutral spine.

Top Tip’s

– Press your lower spine into the floor and maintain this throughout the movement.
– Draw your abdomen inwards to prevent a ‘doming’ of the tummy.
– Stop extending the leg as soon as you feel your lower spine lift away from the floor.