Total Trainer Pilates - Total Trainer Exercises - Positioning; Correct Positioning on the Glide Board

Positioning yourself correctly on the Glide
Board enables you to perform the exercises
correctly and with the full range of movement.
This gives you maximum benefit. If during any
exercise you find the Glide Board stopping at
the top or bottom of the frame before you have
completed the exercises, then reposition
yourself closer to the appropriate end of the
Glide Board.
Example 1 (Leg Press)
Sit on the Glide Board at the very bottom end
so that the Board does not hit your heels or the
frame at the bottom of the exercise movement.
Head is supported by resting on Glide Board.
Head overhangs the Glide Board and is
unsupported.
Example 2 (Pullover)
Your head should be at the very top end of the
Glide Board. Keep your head and hair away
from the Glide Board Pulley at the top of the
Glide Board. If you have long hair, make sure
you tie it up to prevent it from getting caught
under the Glide Board rollers or Glide Board
Pulley.
Head is supported by resting on Glide Board.
Head overhangs the Glide Board and is
unsupported.
Example 3 (Fly)
Sit on the Glide Board at the very top end. If
you are too far down the Glide Board, the Rope
will be too short to allow you to complete the
exercise or the Glide Board will stop at the top
of the Incline Rail before you have finished the
exercise.
Legs are bent and the Glide Board supports
ALL the body.
Legs are overhanging the end of the Glide
Board.
Correct Positioning
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WRONG
CORRECT
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CORRECT
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