FLEX TIME BACK LEG EXTENSION.THE MOVE: Works on: balance, stability and lower back muscles. Set-up: Stand with your back straight and arms down in front of you, holding a medium-size rubber ball. Engage your abdominals by pulling your navel to your spine. Step 1: Inhale and lean forward, slowly extending your arms in front of you and lifting your right leg up behind you. You should now be balancing on your left leg. Try not to bend your knees and keep your hips even. Step 2: Slowly exhale exhale /ex·hale/ (eks´hal) to breathe out. ex·hale v. 1. To breathe out. 2. To emit a gas, vapor, or odor. and return to your starting position. Repeat using the left leg. Repetitions: Try doing this exercise 10 times. ABOUT THE TRAINER: Kim Savant sa·vant n. 1. A learned person; a scholar. 2. An idiot savant. [French, learned, savant, from Old French, present participle of savoir, to know is a certified personal trainer personal trainer person n → (persönlicher) Fitnesstrainer m, (persönliche) Fitnesstrainerin f and fitness instructor fitness instructor fit n → Fitnesstrainer(in) m(f) . She currently teaches Pilates, flow yoga and cardio-kickboxing through fitness programs run by the cities of Burbank and Santa Clarita as well as the Valencia YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. . For more information on this exercise, you can contact her at kimsavant(at)comcast.net. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) no caption (Kim Savant) Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion