
PILATESOLOGY ENCYCLOPEDIA
Going Up Side
LEVEL
Intermediate
SETUP
2 Springs Top
REPETITIONS
3-5x each side
GOALS & BENEFITS
- Builds dynamic stability in pelvis
- Strengthens legs, hips, glutes, low back
- Corrects imbalances in glutes, hamstrings, pelvis, core
- Increases control via eccentric action of resisting gravity on down
TIPS & CUES
- Safety: teacher always has foot on pedal, student mounts from front
- Bent knee touches board, keep mid-knee lined up with mid-foot, pedal heel down
- Inside hip will want to drift back, cue to rotate it forward into low ab connection
- Outside hip will want to drop, cue to raise that hip toward armpit to square pelvis
- Resist gravity on way down & stop pedal with top thigh parallel to floor
- Add pad under pedal if needed for shorter client
- Advance to 1 arm only if pelvis is square and stable; advance to Wunda only if client can do 2 arms off with stable pelvis well