As you can tell from my face this is a LOT harder than it looks. Criss Cross is part of the five part ab series Joseph Pilates created.
Set up: Place a mat on a smooth flat surface. Lay on your back in the center of your mat. Bend your knees and place your feet flat on the floor. Try and connect every inch of your spine onto the mat. Take a few deep breaths. On you last set of breaths exhale completely and bring your belly button in towards your spine. Imagine pulling your belly button in and up towards your sternum.
Execution: Bring you hands palm over palm behind your head. Bring you knees into a table top position. Come up into an upper ab curl (a crunching position). Think about your spine being on a balance beam, you don’t want to wiggle on your mat. Bring your left knee towards your right elbow. Your eyes gaze back toward your left elbow. Your right leg reaches long out of your hip. Hold for 3 seconds and switch.
Try for a set of 5-10 on each side.
As always I want to know what you think!
xoxo,
K
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