Chic Shaping » Curl http://chicshaping.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Exercise of the Week: Pelvic Curl http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/exercise-of-the-week-pelvic-curl/ http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/exercise-of-the-week-pelvic-curl/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:49:24 +0000 cleo http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/exercise-of-the-week-pelvic-curl/ Pilates keeps in mind the core postural muscles which help keep the body balanced and which are crucial in providing support to the spinal muscles. In exacting, Pilates instruct attentiveness of breath and placement of the spine, and aim to strengthen the profound torso muscles. Here is one such Pilates exercise called the pelvic curl. This is a gentle warm up exercise for spine and abdominal muscles.

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  • Take a mat and lie straight on the mat.
  • Now bend your legs from the knees at an angle of ninety degrees. Make sure that your feet, ankles, and knees are allied and hip-distance apart.
  • Now inhale and slowly try and bring your breath first into the chest than tummy and then lastly to the pelvic muscle.
  • Now release the breath first from the pelvic muscles to the tummy and the to the chest.
  • Now slowly incline your pelvic bowl by involving the abdominal muscles and pulling your tummy down towards the spinal cord. Now continue this action so that the abs compresses the lower spine into the floor.
  • Now start curling the pelvic bowl in round movements.
  • Repeat the movements for the number of times you can.
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· Start the initial position by resting yourself on a mat.

· Now on a stability ball rest your legs as shown in the figure.

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· Now keeping both the hands rested on the floor slowly lift your butt as shown.

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· Now gently pull the ball inside with your legs.

· After a few seconds push the ball again outwards.

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· Repeat the above steps.

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Stand straight with legs together.

Clasp 2 dumbbells in both your palms.

Bend your hands from the elbow as shown. While doing this make sure of experiencing some tension in the upper arms muscles.

Come again to the start position and repeat the exercise for 15 times.

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