Swimming Pilates Mat Exercise

Pull the abdominals to spine and float the arms and legs off the mat.

Swimming pilates mat exercise. The swimming exercise in pilates works the muscles of the back. This is an excellent exercise for the muscles of on the posterior side of the body. Raise both arms and legs off the mat and lift your head and chest. Learn proper form discover all health benefits and choose a workout.

After all the teasers and doing the hip circles i am so excited to flip on to my stomach and swim. It follows at the very end of our extension series. Swimming is a back extension exercise that makes a great counter stretch for the many pilates mat exercises that require forward flexion. There are a plethora of pilates exercises not only beneficial but essential for a long strong balanced pain free stroke.

Strengthen back extensors and increase spinal extension. Swimming pilates is a pilates exercise that primarily targets the lower back and to a lesser degree also targets the abs glutes groin hamstrings hip flexors middle back and shoulders. Pilates swimming exercise guide with instructions demonstration calories burned and muscles worked. The next exercise in the intermediate mat system is swimming.

The move of the day is swimming for the pilates mat repertoire. The butt the thighs and the back muscles. Gaze slightly in front of the body on the. Using only a mat the hundreds exercise will strengthen your abs the plank is great for stabilization and connecting your body from your head to your heels and the swimmer exercise lengthens and strengthens your spine.

So swimming is full extension. It s okay to feel the back working but not straining. While not my favorite pilates mat exercise on its own it is delicious after all those advanced flexion exercises. But practicing this exercise on the mat can really help improve strength in the back of the whole body from your arms shoulders and upper back through the lower back and into the hips and legs.

Luckily it is also easy to modify. The pilates swimming exercise strengthens the muscles on the back of your body. Learn how to do swimming the pilates mat exercise from core pilates nyc instructor sarah ruback in this howcast workout video. Swimming is a lot of fun in a pool and a little more of a challenge out of the water on the mat in pilates class.

Lie flat on your stomach with arms extended straight by the ears and legs extended and together for less advanced practitioners keep legs hip width apart.