Friday, June 26, 2009

Bird Dog

A great exercise that I've been incorporating lately in my routines as well as the routines of my clients is the Bird Dog.

When first looking at it, you think, "well that looks easy." Okay fine, you try holding either of these positions for 30 seconds on each side and let me know if you think the same thing afterwards.

Here's how to do them:

Your starting position is either on your hands and knees like this (the easier position):



Or on your hand and tips of your toes like this (the more difficult position):



1. Then brace your abs.
2. Raise your right hand and left leg simultaneously while keeping your abs braced.
3. Point your right arm straight out from your shoulder and your left leg straight out from your hip.
4. Hold for 30 seconds then slowly lower and then repeat on the other side.

If you were on your knees it would look like this:



If you were on your toes, it would look like this:



Have fun with it.

Enjoy your weekend everyone.

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