Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Core Exercise of the Week

Knee-Ins (or Supine Suit-Case)

Beginner:
Start with your arms wide, hands on the floor for balance, now bring your chest up and knees in to starting position. To begin, extend your legs and upper body to make a bridge. Your arms must bend to allow you to do this :-) The goal here is to get long and not touch your lower back to the ground. Now Bring your knees and upper body together at the same time; that is one rep. **Idea is to keep the knees and upper body moving as away and towards each other at the same time, not touching your lower back. If you feel discomfort in your low back, use more arms for support and less lean back with your upper body.

Intermediate:
Same as above. Now try and keep your arms off the floor.

Advanced:
Same as above: No arms, but try and incorporate them into the movement. Lots of intensity here. Now try to keep your feet really close to the floor at all times.

How many Knee-Ins can you do in one minute?

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