Sets: 2

Reps: 12 (6 each side)

• Hold the pilates ball at your chest.

• Inhale to prep for the movement, allowing the ribcage to expand.

• Exhale and press palms into the ball as you step back into a reverse lunge. Draw your core in to stabilize. Slowly extend the exhale if you can through the full movement.

• Inhale when you are back up to standing and reset.

• Alternate between legs.

• Think about pressing your foot into the floor to help engage the glutes and quads during this movement.

Modifications:

• Decrease depth of lunge.