Abs
Teaser Pilates
Lie on your back, legs extended and together, arms extended overhead. Engage your core, drawing your navel towards your spine.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Focus Area
- Abs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Rectus Abdominis
- Obliques
- Iliopsoas
Secondary muscles
- Transversus Abdominis
- Quadriceps
- Erector Spinae
Target muscles
- abs
- hips
- legs
How to perform
- 1
Lie on your back, legs extended and together, arms extended overhead.
- 2
Engage your core, drawing your navel towards your spine.
- 3
Exhale as you simultaneously lift your head, shoulders, torso, and straight legs off the mat, forming a V-shape with your body. Your arms should extend forward, parallel to your legs.
- 4
Balance on your sit bones, maintaining a long spine and engaged core.
- 5
Inhale as you slowly and with control lower your torso and legs back to the starting position.
- 6
Repeat for desired repetitions.
Safety & form
Train smart. Read these notes before adding heavy load.
