Criss Cross
Repeat 10 times
  • Lay on your back with your knees in tabletop
  • Place your hands behind your head with your elbows just off the floor
  • Lift your chin towards your chest and curl the chest towards the knees in a deep upper ab curl
  • Exhale as you bend the right knee in towards your chest and extend the left leg straight out about 45 degrees off the floor with pointed toes; at the same time cross your left armpit over to your right knee feeling the rotation at the waste and into your side oblique muscles.
  • Inhale and pull the left leg back in and rotate your upper trunk through center
  • Exhale and cross the right armpit over towards the left knee
  • Remember to keep your pelvis very stable as you rotate the upper body on the diagonal
Supine position
If you have the following injuries, use caution while doing this exercise:
  • Osteoporosis
Body Focus:
  • Core
In order to do this exercise, you will need:
  • Pilates Mat
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