1. Start Position: Keep back straight, head aligned with spine. Exhale as you slowly lift your glute upward by bending from your waist.
2. Middle Position: As you lift, concentrate on bringing you legs to one side of your body keeping your back and legs straight and your abdominals tight.
3. End Position: Continue to raise your glute as high as possible. Hold for 1/2 a second squeezing your abdominal and oblique’s.
4. Return to Middle: Inhale as you slowly return to start.
5. Return to Start: Do not hyperextend your back. Hold for 1/2 a second, feeling the stretch in your abdominals and oblique’s. Duplicate the exercise for the other side of your body. Alternate between sides. Repeat the movement for the recommended number of repetitions. (1 repetition= one for the right side and one for the left)

With strap handles on ankles

• Sit on the floor, grab each handle, and adjust the strap around each ankle.
• Start in push up position with fingertips aligned with shoulders
• Extend your arms. Do not lock out elbows
• Hold abdominals tight
• Keep back straight, head aligned with spine

1. Throughout the entire range of motion:

   • Keep your head aligned with your spine.
   • Keep your body and back straight.
   • Keep your abdominal muscles tight.

2. At start position, do not hyperextend your back or lock out your elbows.

3. At end position, raise your glute as high as possible, and keep you abdominal muscles tight.