If you've ever done Stomach Massage on the reformer, you may have felt the slow sliding of your pants being pulled further and further down as you continue through the exercise.... Its kind of funny, actually. Until, that is, you learn that your pants sliding down is a sign that you're probably not doing the exercise correctly.
To avoid having your "pants on the ground" try the following:
In the Round Back version of Stomach Massage: sit on the sitz bones, not behind them. Keep your elbows super-bend out to the sides, and don't let them straighten. Use your core to lift your weight up and over the legs, so your body weight isn't dropping into your low back.
In the Straight Back, Arms Reaching, and Twisting versions: use your core to lift your waist up out of the low back, and grow even taller in the waist each time you bring the carriage in.
Here's a video of all four versions of Stomach Massage done correctly:
It really just takes practice, so keep on trying to keep those pants up!
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