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1) MAT WORK: Lay flat on your back, with your legs bent
to 90°, and your calves resting on the exercise ball. Your butt
should be as close to the ball as possible.
a. Straight Crunch: Place your hands behind your head.
DO NOT pull on your head. As you exhale, lift your shoulders as
high as possible off the mat, inhale to come back down. Keep
your elbows as wide as possible


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b. Oblique Crunch: Place your hands
behind your head. DO NOT pull on your head. As you exhale, lift
your right shoulders towards your left knee, inhale to come back
down. Keep your elbows as far back as possible. Alternate form
one side to the other


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c. Bridging: Place your arms flat on the
mat by your sides. As you exhale, lift your hips off the floor
as high as possible. Remember not to let your stomach bulge out,
inhale to come back down. Advanced: After lifting your hips off
the ground, bend your knees in. To increase the difficulty of
the exercise, place the exercise ball further and further away
from your hips.
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