PILATESOLOGY ENCYCLOPEDIA
Achilles Stretch
LEVEL
Intermediate
SETUP
2 Springs Top
REPETITIONS
3 – 5x each
GOALS & BENEFITS
- Strengthens feet, ankles, calves
- Helps to correct alignment issues in feet & lower legs
- Builds control via eccentric action of resisting spring tension
TIPS & CUES
- For safety, teacher always has foot on pedal
- Pelvis square, torso angled forward in same line as pedal leg, hands cup knee
- Check that mid-knee lines up with mid-foot
- Holding pelvis stable, deepen low abs and press pedal slowly & evenly resisting the springs in both directions; square pelvis by pulling standing hip toward armpit
