Pilates workout tips - The Mermaid (II)

To improve your Pilates mermaid performance, here we give you some helpful tips to make the most of this waist molding movement:

• If the position of step 1 bothers your hip, ankle or knee, you may lengthen your back leg to the side.

• For knee protection, place the top of your foot on the mat.

• Let the movement go fluent; prevent jamming on your joints.

• For keeping pressure out of your knee when bending toward your back leg, try to get to the high diagonal instead of down toward your knee.
  
  

• If you feel your hips tight and your knees under pressure, place a pillow under the hip you are seated on.
  

• Avoid spiraling off your center by thinking of your body as having two side-to-side dimensions.
  

• For maximizing your stretch, look at how your hand forms a circle as arching your arm around.

Source: FitSugar