Comments on: Help Me - I Feel Like I’m Going To Go Flying Over the Footbar On The Up Stretch! http://www.centerworkspilates.com/blog/help-me-i-feel-like-im-going-to-go-flying-over-the-footbar-on-the-up-stretch Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: elaine http://www.centerworkspilates.com/blog/help-me-i-feel-like-im-going-to-go-flying-over-the-footbar-on-the-up-stretch#comment-6062 elaine Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:11:42 +0000 http://www.centerworkspilates.com/blog/help-me-i-feel-like-im-going-to-go-flying-over-the-footbar-on-the-up-stretch#comment-6062 What great suggestions for this common problem with the Long Stretch series! I've had clients be fearful of flying over the footbar, and I've also noticed that simply telling them that I've never seen it happen is not the answer to this problem! And for some people, even with lots of practice, this is still a scarey movement. I never thought about it as an issue with where the center is during the exercise, but now it makes so much sense. Like you said, if you let your center go back with the legs, the shoulders brace against the movement. Really, the answer to controlling the movement and the carriage (as it always is) is- keep your in and up connection in the center, almost as resistance to the carriage moving back. I'll try it tomorrow with one client in particular, thanks! What great suggestions for this common problem with the Long Stretch series! I’ve had clients be fearful of flying over the footbar, and I’ve also noticed that simply telling them that I’ve never seen it happen is not the answer to this problem! And for some people, even with lots of practice, this is still a scarey movement.
I never thought about it as an issue with where the center is during the exercise, but now it makes so much sense. Like you said, if you let your center go back with the legs, the shoulders brace against the movement. Really, the answer to controlling the movement and the carriage (as it always is) is- keep your in and up connection in the center, almost as resistance to the carriage moving back.
I’ll try it tomorrow with one client in particular, thanks!

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