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Pilates exercises: Side kicks
Here is a series of exercises that can help you in your Pilates sessions. Keep on reading and…test your knowledge!
A well-known and very popular exercise in Pilates is the side kicks, which are very good for toning leg muscles and the hip. We have to start by lying sideways, bending the lower leg, while the upper leg needs to be stretched, slightly ahead of the trunk. The arms: one needs to be flexed, holding the head (only if we feel comfortable with it), while the other arm is also flexed, but with the palm of the hand touching the floor, over the chest.
Thus, we lift the leg we are stretching, flexing our feet and pushing them forward as much as we can. Then, we turn our feet backwards but keeping them as if we were pointing to repeat these movements several times to execute this exercise perfectly and benefit circulation and our muscles.