Thanks so much, Meredith Rogers! Do you have any suggestions for that lovely supine upper back stretch when is working on an Allegro 1 reformer? The frame is made of metal and I found gripping the frame a bit tricky, even though I loved how the exercise felt. Thanks again.
I can’t think of anything that is exactly the same. You could put stickies on the reformer to anchor the hands?
Or, just hold on to the pegs where the straps live and focus on very wide elbows. Or hold your arms in a T position or goalpost position biasing towards external rotation.
Meredith Rogers Thank you for following up! Regarding using the poles (rather than holding onto the frame) for the upper back stretch on the Allegro 1 reformer, it didn't quite work. Since the poles are attached to the carriage I could not do the stretch unless I held on to the metal frame (so that is what I did to the best of my ability). Thanks again!