Romana’s Ab Series
Pilates Mat
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3m 15s
In Joseph Pilates’ book, we only find two exercises for the abdominal series: the single-leg bent and the double-leg bent. Romana, seeing that people needed to strengthen the core, added three other exercises: the single straight leg, double straight leg, and the crisscross. This is what we know today as the abdominal series—a powerful and complete sequence!
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