Have You Done Your "Chinnies" Today?
By Jen Poth
Would you like to start your day with:
- More confidence?
- More energy?
- More strength?
As well as preventing back and other injuries? By investing just 15 minutes of the 10, 080 minutes in your week, you can!
Below you will find instructions for our "chinnies" exercise. Try them for just five minutes, three mornings a week before you head out to work.
Set-Up:
Lie on your back on a carpeted area or a mat.
Bring your knees to your chest and hold for 10 seconds.
Raise your head and shoulders off the ground.
Pull your navel towards your spine and hold that position throughout the exercise.
First Motion
While extending your right leg, raise your left shoulder to cross the right side of the body.
Transition
Return your right knee to your chest and left should so that it is even with the right (keeping both shoulders and your head off the ground and your navel still pulled towards your spine).
Second Motion
While extending your left leg, raise your right shoulder to cross the left side of the body.
Repeat this until you feel the burn and then just two more on each side.
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Jen Poth, has a Bachelor of Education in Kinesiology, giving her a basis in educational and sport psychology, sociology, nutrition and wellness, and physiology, among other areas of physical and mental health and wellness. As part of BizXcel, she has helped clients go from knowing they should make changes, to believing that they could make those changes and then, actually making those changes happen.
