- Lie on your back.
- Lift your legs and arms a few inches off the floor extending your fingers and toes away from one another to create a long spine. This is the starting position.
- Keeping the core engaged, lift your upper back off the floor, reaching your hands toward your feet.
- Lower the arms and legs back to the starting position.
- This completes one rep.
- Complete as many reps as you can safely and effectively in the time stated each day.
Modifications: Desjardins said to bend the knees if straight legs is too hard.