How Do You Do The Pilates Criss Cross Bicycle Exercise?
Though this is a Pilates exercise for beginners, the Pilates criss-cross bicycle exercise can be challenging. The benefits, though, are tighter obliques, which are your side abdominal muscles. As stated numerous times below, your obliques should be the only muscle initiating the knee-toward-the-elbow movement in this exercise. Lie down on your mat, back flat and knees bent, your feet on the floor. Put your hands slightly behind your head, elbows facing away from your body. Lift your legs into the air. Keep them straight and together, and at about a 45-degree angle with the floor. If you have trouble holding your legs in this position, lift them higher. Lift your head, neck and shoulder blades slightly off the floor, using your oblique muscles, and with your hands still slightly behind your head. Do not use your arms to lift you. Pull in your right knee toward your body, using your oblique muscles, while simultaneously reaching toward it with your left elbow. Only your head, neck and sh
