Pilates Anatomy by Abigail Ellsworth

Author:Abigail Ellsworth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press

ANNOTATION KEY

Bold text indicates active muscles

Gray text indicates stabilizing muscles

* indicates deep muscles

DO IT RIGHT

LOOK FOR

• Keeping your shoulders down and relaxed.

AVOID

• Allowing your hips to raise off the mat while twisting.

• Allowing your knees to roll in as you stretch forward.

BEST FOR

• biceps femoris

• rectus femoris

• obliquus internus

• rectus abdominis

• latissimus dorsi

• multifidus spinae

• quadratus lumborum

• rhomboideus

QUICK GUIDE

TARGET

• Oblique muscles

• Lumbar stabilizer (multifidus spinae)

BENEFITS

• Increases mobility of the torso

• Increases the articulation of the spine

NOT ADVISABLE IF YOU HAVE

• Back pain, with pain radiating down the leg

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