Hello all
I would like to share with you a Pilates exercise that is not widely known and has excellent benefits reducing Kiphosis or the rolling inward shoulders effect. Maybe you know about it maybe you don't, so here goes.
The Ballerina Arms
1. Sit cross-legged
2. Straighten the spine as though resting against an imaginery wall
3. Bend the elbows at a 90 degree angle to protect the shoulder in its socket
4. Take the arms back (without hiper extending) to connect the shoulder blades (works the rhomboids)
5. Take the arms down so the shoulder blades slide down your spine
6. Raise the bent arms above your head (as a ballerina would-hence the name of the exercise)
7. And end with arms as first started in front of you
Do a repetition of 3 every day and in one week you will see a major difference in how you walk and sit with a more longated spine.
I am a professional Pilates Trainer (AFPA, NESTA, GRAFTS, ACE) born in Blackpool (UK) but am currently living in Greece, and I would love to hear how you went with the exercise, and if you have any exercise I could use for my classes and students.
All my best
ElaineThe Ballerina Arms
I would like to share with you a Pilates exercise that is not widely known and has excellent benefits reducing Kiphosis or the rolling inward shoulders effect. Maybe you know about it maybe you don't, so here goes.
The Ballerina Arms
1. Sit cross-legged
2. Straighten the spine as though resting against an imaginery wall
3. Bend the elbows at a 90 degree angle to protect the shoulder in its socket
4. Take the arms back (without hiper extending) to connect the shoulder blades (works the rhomboids)
5. Take the arms down so the shoulder blades slide down your spine
6. Raise the bent arms above your head (as a ballerina would-hence the name of the exercise)
7. And end with arms as first started in front of you
Do a repetition of 3 every day and in one week you will see a major difference in how you walk and sit with a more longated spine.
I am a professional Pilates Trainer (AFPA, NESTA, GRAFTS, ACE) born in Blackpool (UK) but am currently living in Greece, and I would love to hear how you went with the exercise, and if you have any exercise I could use for my classes and students.
All my best
ElaineThe Ballerina Arms