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Side Bend and Stretch

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Updated March 21, 2011

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Side Stretch Exercises on Pilates Equipment
pilates equipment exercises

side stretches on reformer, chair, and cadillac

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Now you can see how the skills learned in an exercise like side stretch on the mat translate onto Pilates equipment like the Pilates chair, reformer, and cadillac.

Beautiful, right?

Side stretch is one of the classical Pilates mat exercises. It is followed by boomerang

Note: In the photo on the bottom, Alisa Wyatt is using many of the skills we are working on in side stretch as she does twist on the Pilates chair. See Alisa demonstrate neck pull.

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