Table of Contents:
Cotrone Pilates Magic Circle Workout
Video taken from the channel: Cotrone Pilates
Magic Circle Mat Pilates with Fiona Hermanutz
Video taken from the channel: Mobile Fitness and Pilates Studio Fiona Hermanutz
Magic Circle Mat #2 Pilates Mat Workout #14
Video taken from the channel: april plank pilates
Pilates Magic Circle Side Legs
Video taken from the channel: Cisco Pilates
Pilates Workout Exercise: Side Lying Adduction/Abduction with Ring
Video taken from the channel: Pilates on Fifth Online Workouts
How to do side lying legs with a Magic Circle (Side kick series)
Video taken from the channel: MyBOD Wellness
Magic Circle Side Legs
Video taken from the channel: The Pilates Workshop
Lie on your side and place the magic circle just above your ankles. Your shoulders and hips should be in a line and stacked vertically. Move your legs slightly in front of the line of your body. The legs will remain straight for this exercise.In this 4-minute video, Denise Posnak Gaffney demonstrates how to do side lying legs with a Magic Circle.
A great ‘how to’ video for this Pilates exercise.08/11/2008 2:10 pm. WonderHowTo.
The side leg lift series is part of the classical Pilates repertoire and the circles strengthen the core, flatten the abdominal muscles and tone the inner and outer thighs. If you feel strain in your lower back, bring your legs slightly forward of your body, but for a real challenge, maintain a perfectly straight line and bring your top hand to your hip.1. Lie on your side in a straigh line, shoulder over shoulder, hip over hip, and. ankles together. 2. Bring both legs forward to 45 degrees from the body line. 3. Prop he head up on your arm with the elbow in line with your shoulder.
4. Place the top hand behind the head, reaching the elbow toward the ceiling.Lay on your mat, on your side. Place the ring between your legs, above your ankles. Squeeze the circle, exhaling as you do so, inhaling as you release.
Perform 15 repetitions, and then alternate.Use control as you carry the open the leg out to the side and then sweep it around back to center at your starting position. Do five to eight circles in this direction, then reverse, starting your circle by exhaling and then reaching your extended leg out to the side and then circling back toward and over the body.
Complete 5-10 repetitions on this side before moving immediately into the next exercise. When you have completed your last repetition, instead of lowering the leg to the starting position, lower the leg to hip-level and move immediately onto the next exercise. 2. Top Leg Circles.Standing tall, place the circle at your side with the cushioned section pressing against your right hip.
Press into the other side with your right hand. Place your right heel in front of the left.Lift and straighten top leg, bringing it in line with spine and lifted at hip height.
Bring the leg forward 45 degrees. Lift it up towards the ceiling, then circle it back down to hip height and return to start. Circles should be dinner plate-sized in circumference.
Be sure to keep both hips stacked on top of one another. Repeat in opposite direction.Lying on side. Knees together and bent forwards, heels together inline with hips and shoulder.
Head relaxed on shoulder. Create a small space under the waist. Roll the top hip slightly forwards and keep it forwards. Exhale: Squeeze the top buttock and slowly raise the top knee keeping the feet together.
The Magic Circle (also called a Pilates Ring) is one of the original tools Joseph Pilates created to help connect to your center more easily. Like everything else in Pilates, the Ring is secondary to the powerhouse and is never the main point of any exercise.7/mar/2012 Learn how to do the side-lying leg press with the Pilates magic circle. This exercise builds core stability and gives you a glute and thigh workout.The side-lying leg press with the Pilates magic circle is a great thigh exercise that focuses the workout on the inner thighs.
It also tones the. Exhale: Press the sides of the ring toward each other as you keep both legs raised. Initiate the lift from the lower leg; this will help you keep the Pilates ring in place.Standing leg press is an exercise that can be done by beginners as well as veteran fitness lovers. All that is needed for this exercise is a Pilates ring, usually referred to as a magic circle.Well, Pilates rings are of different types and options.
Target your hips and outer thighs in a side-lying position. Lie on your right side with your legs straight and your feet inside the ring. Position your ankles against the soft pads on the ring.
List of related literature:
|
|
from Complete Book of Throws |
|
|
|
from Glute Lab: The Art and Science of Strength and Physique Training |
|
|
|
from Be IronFit: Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness |
|
|
|
from Cell Workout: At home, no equipment, bodyweight exercises and workout plans for your small space |
|
|
|
from Shaolin Lohan Kung-Fu |
|
|
|
from Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners |
|
|
|
from Movement for Actors (Second Edition) |
|
|
|
from Women’s Strength Training Anatomy |
|
|
|
from Pilates Anatomy |
|
|
|
from Lifetime Physical Fitness and Wellness: A Personalized Program |
16 comments
O mgot! how can I see it!… Wonderful workout April, thank you!
Fantastic explains all; thank you; this will be my workout today with a 4 mike walk
Could these exercises help with osteoarthritis of the knee or would it aggravate the knees?
How could something so simple as a ring feel so good. I did this class after my ride and it is awesome. Can’t wait to learn more using the ring.
I absolutely loved this class! Thank you for sharing and giving me some new ideas for my own classes. I just subscribed to your channel!!!
I just received my ring in the mail looking forward to doing this video. I have been using the ring in my Pilates class that I attend and I knew that having my own ring would be beneficial for home use. THANK YOU SO MUCH for making and sharing this video on YouTube
Also like this brighter surrounding more, lifing our spirits!
I love this workout it make me sweat and workout every lit details for my body. The hardest part: circling on one side to another with the circle on the ankle. My goal is the be able to do this!
Hey Fiona! I would love an intensive magic circle + pilates ball class with an inner thigh focus and oblique focus. So easy to hit these areas on the reformer however on the mat its a little tougher to get into those areas for burn!
I just got a ring, can’t wait to do this. Thank you for all you do.
Dear Fiona, could you please share a no props, beginner session for targetting knee pain? Thank you kindly!
Hi Fiona! New workout with you again today, love it as usuall <3
Loved the class!! Great ideas and really beautifully executed! Thank you and looking forward to seeing more of your classes!!
excellent! What is a good brand for magic circle (cost-benefit)?
Espectacular,tengo un Magic Circle,empezarè a usarlo ya que no lo he estrenado,gracias por compartir,Pilates es lo màximo!!!
Excellent workout with the Ring. I just found out about this Pilates Ring an hour ago. Will get on from amazon soon. Thank you Susannah for a great instruction video with the Ring.