KEY AREAS: Core Strength, Core Stability, Posture, Coordination
START POSITION: Lie on the floor on your back, straight and flat. Bring up both your legs from the hips so that your thighs are vertically upwards to the knee (knees in line with hips). Also lift up both your arms above your ears to point straight upwards, parallel to your thighs. Your fingers outstretched and your hands now directly above your shoulders. Flatten your palms but keep your fingers together and turn your wrists so that the line of your fingers is running left to right (not forward and back). As if you were doing a Nazi salute before falling flat on your back. It is important to get the Start position correct for this one.
NOTES: Breathe out as you slowly extend one arm behind your head while simultaneously extending your opposite leg until it’s straight, hovering just off the floor. Try not to let your lower back lift off the floor, but if it does then don’t go so low. Hold for one second, then breathe in as you lift both your arm and leg back to the starting position. Repeat for the other leg, as many reps as you can handle without wobbling around and losing your form.