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Starting Position:
Stand in the shallow area, step on the noodle with one foot and keep it slightly in front of your body. Open your arms to the side, parallel to the bottom of the pool and face your palms forward. Keep both your arms straight.
Stand in the shallow area, step on the noodle with one foot and keep it slightly in front of your body. Open your arms to the side, parallel to the bottom of the pool and face your palms forward. Keep both your arms straight.
Action:
Bend the knee with the noodle up 90 degrees then push the noodle down until you touch the bottom of the pool. Follow by sliding forward with the same leg, along the bottom of the pool, while keeping both your legs straight as you lean your torso forward and close your arms together in front, placing your body weight on your front leg. Pull your leg and lean back again, returning to the starting position.
Step on the noodle with your other foot and repeat the same exercise.
Breathing:
Inhale as you bend and extend your knee. Exhale as you slide and pull your leg.
Targeted Muscles:
Feel your quadriceps as you push the noodle down. Feel your hamstring as you slide and pull your leg.
Related Exercise:
Front Slide With Straight Legs
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Bend the knee with the noodle up 90 degrees then push the noodle down until you touch the bottom of the pool. Follow by sliding forward with the same leg, along the bottom of the pool, while keeping both your legs straight as you lean your torso forward and close your arms together in front, placing your body weight on your front leg. Pull your leg and lean back again, returning to the starting position.
Step on the noodle with your other foot and repeat the same exercise.
Breathing:
Inhale as you bend and extend your knee. Exhale as you slide and pull your leg.
Targeted Muscles:
Feel your quadriceps as you push the noodle down. Feel your hamstring as you slide and pull your leg.
Related Exercise:
Front Slide With Straight Legs
Click Here for All Pilates Exercises
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