Exercise Skimming The Floor

This exercise can be performed either standing or sitting on a regular bench military press bench or utility bench that has back support.

Exercise skimming the floor.

How to do it. Stand on the floor and hold your dumbbell in each hand. Perform a figure 8 movement in the air. You try to spend as little time as possible being in the air.

Stand with feet wide knees and toes pointed out reaching hands down to the floor. Use this move from certified trainer sara haley an american council on exercise certified trainer to target your inner thighs get your heart pumping and burn major calories. Rotate your wrists to make sure your palms are facing forward. There is a secret to the spy workout that has to do with core muscles and body control.

The best way to practice scanning is to search specific key words in the text to find answers for the questions. Finally one of the best hip slimming exercises is to place yourself parallel to the floor as in the image below. In this exercise we ll improve your scanning technique for ielts reading as you know scanning means searching for specific phrases in the text to answer the questions. Squat down and place your hands on the bosu or flat on the.

This exercise is very simple because all you need to do is raise one leg up and lower it without allowing it to touch the ground. Squat down as low as possible while keeping chest lifted and knees. While hanging leg raises stand out as the kingpin exercise for core development figure 8s is really good variation. Do 15 repetitions and then switch legs.

Straighten your legs to a 45 degree angle but make sure your low back is staying. From this position bend your elbows so they point straight behind you allowing your hips to lower toward the floor skimming the front of the chair. Exhale and lift your upper back off the floor until the bottom tips of your shoulder blades skim the floor. When your elbows form a 90 degree angle reverse the movement by pressing through your palms straightening your elbows.

Straighten your legs to a 45 degree angle but make sure your low back is staying. Simply lie down on the floor and with straight legs. One of my all time favorite total body moves this simple but effective exercise works your legs core and upper body says samantha clayton a former olympic athlete and personal trainer you can do them with no equipment or you can make them more core intensive by using a bosu as shown or stability ball. To really get a deep ab and oblique hit you will eventually need a leg raise exercise.

Exhale and lift your upper back off the floor until the bottom tips of your shoulder blades skim the floor. Raise your dumbbells to shoulder height.