Down Stretch – Full extension
- Equipment: Reformer
- Category: Full Body Integration
- Level: Advanced
- Body position: Standing
- Repetitions: 5–8 reps
- Springs: 1 Red + 1 Yellow – 2 Red
- Headrest: Any
- Footbar: High
Starting position
Kneel facing the footbar with feet against the shoulder rests. Hands on footbar, arms straight. Hips pressed forward with a lifted chest and extended spine
Instructions
Inhale to press the carriage back by extending the hips and maintaining the open chest. Exhale to bring the carriage forward by lifting through the sternum and maintaining the spinal extension
Teaching cues
- Keep a consistent arc in the spine
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