Double Straight Leg Lowers - Pilates Mat Exercise

Set Up

Double Straight Leg Lift - Pilates Mat Exercise

_{Photo by Peter Kramer, Courtesy of Kolesar Studios}

• Lie on your back and extend your legs straight up toward the ceiling. Rotate the legs out slightly, keeping the heels together and inner legs pulled in the center line, in Pilates stance.
  
  
• Place your hands behind your head, keeping the elbows and wide and chest open.
  
  
• Inhale and on the exhale, pull your abdominals down to the floor. Allow that motion to press your lower back into the floor as your curl your upper torso up off the floor. You will maintain this core strength torso position throughout the exercise.
  
  

• Set Up
• Leg Lowers and Lifts