# Single Leg Stretch

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/single-leg-stretch

Also known as: Pilates Single Leg Stretch, Single Leg Stretch Pilates

Body region: Core

## Muscles

- Main: Rectus Abdominis
- Helps: External Oblique, Internal Oblique, Iliopsoas
- Holds: Transversus Abdominis

## Technique

1. Lie on your back, curl your head and shoulders up and draw both knees toward your chest.
2. Extend one leg out at a diagonal while the other knee stays bent and hands hold the shin of the bent leg.
3. Switch legs in a smooth rhythm, bringing the extended knee in as the other goes out.
4. Keep the upper body lifted throughout the set.

### Cues

- Keep the lower back on the mat.
- Extend the leg only as low as you can control.

### Common mistakes

- Letting the lower back arch.
- Dropping the chest.
- Rocking the pelvis.

## Alternatives

- [Double Leg Stretch](https://heatsy.app/ex/double-leg-stretch)
- [Dead Bug](https://heatsy.app/ex/dead-bug)