The Saw

Coach's take: The progressive breakdown (rotation, then bend, then arms) with the tug-of-war cue is excellent teaching.

Coach's take: Best safety cueing of the group, explains exactly why leading with your chin instead of your spine can hurt you.

Coach's take: Thorough, well-cued, hits the faults people actually make — shoulders creeping, head twisting too far.

Coach's take: The heel-creep and hip-lift cues are the kind of detail that actually prevents bad habits.

Coach's take: The feet-pedaling cue alone is worth the watch -- that's a fault most people never notice in themselves.

Coach's take: Nails the scoop-vs-hinge distinction, which is where most people go wrong.

Coach's take: Catches the mistake most people actually make and fixes it -- this is how you teach the Saw.

Coach's take: The twist-vs-turn cue alone is worth the watch — most instructors never mention it.

Coach's take: Clean, patient teaching with real modifications — exactly what a beginner needs.

Coach's take: Thorough: purpose, modification for tight hamstrings, and a clear fallback if it doesn't feel right.

Coach's take: Good cues buried in a ramblier delivery — worth it if you're patient.

Coach's take: Accurate but brief — a reminder video more than a first lesson.

Coach's take: Does the job, but it's instructions without much coaching behind them.

Coach's take: Solid quick refresher, but too brief to be someone's first lesson.

Coach's take: The 'saw your pinky off your toe' image and the waist-not-shoulders cue are genuinely useful corrections.

Coach's take: Solid basic cueing, but doesn't go beyond the bare mechanics.

Coach's take: Only useful if someone already taught you this move -- there's no setup instruction here at all.

Coach's take: Fine as the last step in a sequence, not much of a Saw lesson on its own.

Coach's take: Useful if you're a teacher learning to hands-on cue this; if you're trying to learn the move yourself, less directly useful.

Coach's take: Cueing works but there's not much meat on it, good for variety, not for learning the exercise from scratch.

Coach's take: Too thin to learn from. No setup, no cues beyond 'twist and reach,' doesn't even explain the elongation the title promises.

Coach's take: What's here is decent general Pilates breathing prep, but it's not teaching you the Saw itself.