Workout<\/p>\n
Begin by laying on your back. \u00a0Warm up with light stretching by reaching your arms overhead and lengthening your legs but keep your knees slightly bent. \u00a0 Point and flex toes 5 times. \u00a0Bring your knees up to your chest and wrap your arms around your knees. \u00a0Give yourself a hug and rock side to side.<\/p>\n
Rest your feet on the floor keeping your knees bent. \u00a0Shift your hips so that you can flatten your lower back into the floor by pulling your belly button into your spine. \u00a0This will protect your back. \u00a0Place your hands behind your head and gently rest your finger tips on the back of your head. \u00a0Keeping your head inline with your spine and square with your shoulders, slowly lift your shoulders off the ground as high as you can while tightening your abs. \u00a0Hold this pose for at least 3 seconds then slowly release the pose by rolling the spine back down towards the floor until your shoulders reach the floor. \u00a0Repeat. \u00a0Complete 2 sets of \u00a08.<\/p>\n
Keeping the same resting position, this time roll up by lifting your shoulders off the floor and take the right hand off your head. \u00a0With the right hand reach around the right side of your body down toward your right ankle while continuing to raise your shoulders off the floor. \u00a0Hold for at least 3 seconds. \u00a0Bring your hand back to your head while rolling your upper body all the way back to the floor. \u00a0Repeat the movement on your left side by releasing your left hand off your head and reaching around the left side of your body toward your left ankle. \u00a0Hold the pose for at least 3 seconds. \u00a0Bring your hand back to your head while rolling your upper body all the way back \u00a0to the floor. \u00a0Repeat. \u00a0Complete 2 sets of 8.<\/p>\n
Laying on the floor, stretch out your legs lengthwise. \u00a0Bring your arms overhead and stretched out. \u00a0Slowly roll your upper body off the floor keeping your arms inline with your upper body and raising your arms at the same time. \u00a0Keep rolling your upper body up and forward until you can reach your toes. \u00a0Keep your arms stretched out and square with your shoulder at all times. \u00a0Once you touch your toes, reverse the movement by slowly returning to the floor. \u00a0Repeat. \u00a0Complete 2 sets of 8. \u00a0Optional: Hold a 10 lb. weight lengthwise between both hands during the movement.<\/p>\n
On the last rep from the previous exercise, come back to a resting position with your knees bent and feet on the floor. \u00a0Sit back until you feel your abs pull but you feel comfortable. \u00a0Keeping this position and holding your hands in front of you or hold a 10 lb. weight lengthwise between both hands then slowly twist sideways to the right. Slowly twist back to the center position and hold for \u00a0at least 3 seconds before twisting to the left. \u00a0 Twist back to the center position and hold for at least 3 seconds. This is one complete rep. \u00a0Repeat. Complete 2 sets of 8.<\/p>\n
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