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Table tops
VeryWellFit: "It is called tabletop because your lower legs are forming the flat, level top of a table while your thighs are forming the straight, perpendicular legs of a table, connecting you to the ground", [ID: table_tops]
Instructions
First time: Try 1 set, 10 reps
Steps:
- Start position: Lie with your back flat on the floor, pull your knees and bend so that everything is at a 90 degree angle
- Slowly extend one leg so that it is almost touching the floor and pause
- Bring your leg back up and then repeat with the other leg
Details
There are many variations of the table top exercise.
Little help
Video: Table tops demo, www.youtube.com/watch?v=bimZ4qTri2E
Article + Video: "How to Do Tabletop Legs in Pilates" by VeryWellFit, www.verywellfit.com/tabletop-legs-2704787
Video: another demo, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgqZ77QzIw
Image source: All Care Physio,
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