Free Downloadable Bicycle Pilates Exercise Infographic
You can use the Bicycle Pilates Exercise Infographic as a teaching aid or handout for your students.
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How To Teach Bicycle Pilates Pose
Equipment Required: 0
Difficulty: 4 out of 10
Time Required: 5 Minutes per set
Pilates Power-Up 7 Day Challenge: Do 1 to 3 sets a day for 7 days
Steps: 9
- Lie flat on back with arms at side.
- Straighten legs to ceiling.
- Peel spine off floor one vertebrae at a time.
- Place hands at top of pelvis (fingers point towards knees).
- Split legs with knees straight and toes pointed (legs look like scissors).
- Bend front knee towards face.
- Pedal front foot away from face.
- Straighten knee as you bring the back leg towards face.
- Switch directions.
- To release, bring both legs together and roll down to start position.
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Main Benefits: 2
Increases spine mobility
Core control
Main Precautions: 4
- Osteoporosis
- Glaucoma
- Neck injury
- Shoulder injury
Easy Modification: Foam Roller
Use foam roller to prop pelvis off ground.
Intermediate Modification: Wide Split
Move legs even further apart into a Wide Split before one leg folds and threads past the other one as it arcs toward the ceiling.
Advanced Modification: Neutral Spine
Don’t bring hips and torso up to shoulder stand. Instead, roll hips up, support them with your hands, but leave hips and torso in a position closer to neutral spine. This requires really good pelvic stabilisation.
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