5-Minute Pilates Workout: Firm Up Fast

4. Crisscross

Targets: Obliques

Minutes 4:00-5:00

  • Lie on your back with knees bent into chest, hands behind head.
  • Contract abs and lift head and shoulders off the floor. Extend right leg.
  • Keep left knee tucked into chest and bring right elbow toward your knee. Hold for 3 counts; switch sides and repeat.

Originally published in FITNESS magazine, August 2006.

 

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