Grasshopper

Let's take a look at Grasshopper on the reformer. This is a long box exercise. You don't need handles or straps. We are on two red springs on the carriage. And, again, make sure your box is centered between the shoulder rest.

You wanna make sure that you're comfortable doing swan dive before we take you into Grasshopper. Lie down on your box. ASIS right at the front edge here and leg slightly internally rotated or as close as you can get them together. Now, press your arm straight Look forward at the wall in front of you. And as you do your swan dive, let's take a look at swan dive maybe once or twice before we add the element of the grasshopper legs.

We bend the elbows and we start to pick up the legs. You rock on your pelvis. And you rock back up. Ben the elbows and reach your chest forward, kick those legs up. They don't have to go high.

You wanna go long. Now adding the bend of the knees, he'll stay together. Lift the thighs, open the legs, and then you beat the legs three times together as you press up in your swan. That same thing again. Reach the chest forward.

Pick up the legs. That's your swan dive. Knees bend, legs lift open, and kick, kick, kick together. One more element is adding ankle crosses. Starting the same way, the elbows bend.

You reach your chest forward, rock your legs up. Bend the knees, now watch the ankles go cross, cross, they go up and open and the legs together one, two, three, one more time, bend the elbows, lift those legs, bend ankles, ankles, legs go up and open and beat, beat, beat, come down, and that is your grasshopper on the reformer.