Yoga Basics: Crescent Twist Video

The crescent twist is a challenging yoga pose that is started with a high lunge from a hands and knees position. Root down through the foundation when doing crescent twists with tips from a trainer in this video on exercises and yoga basics.

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Twisting is a great pose for the digestive, respiratory & immune systems
Align knee & heel
Protect the lower back by pulling belly in & tailbone back towards heel behind you
Open the heart & breathe through the spine
Enjoy the benefits of twisting

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How are you doing everybody? I'm Nick Narvaez. Welcome to Six Pack Abs. All right. This exercise you are going to love. We are doing crunches, but we are putting it on the Bosu ball. By the way, Bosu, is just short for both sides us, I started on it years ago. I thought it was some sort of cool Eastern thing, but it's not. So, why we are on the Bosu instead of a mat or on the floor, watch a couple of reps here and you will see why. If I were on the floor, this would be as far as I could go. Not much of a stretch at the abs. We want to extend that down, stretch out the abdominal wall, get all of those muscle fibers working so that when I come back up, I get every part of the abs working. Now, to my right, we have a little weight here. Just a measly 25 pounds. You can try 10, a 10 pound dumbbell, or a 10 or 25 pound plate. We'll do 10 reps. I have a feeling those 10 reps with that weight is not really going to do the trick. So, we'll get to 10, think about it for a quick second, we'll decide to intensify everything, we'll add a little weight and we'll burn it out. So, when you start, get the butt and hips close to the floor. Eyes are to the ceiling. You are going feel like looking this way, don't. Now, cross the arms in front of you keep the eyes up, keep the lower body steady, breath out as you come up. Let's do this. Exhale on the way out, 2, 3-- let's add a little speed-- 4. Get the stretch at the bottom. 5, 6, 7. What you are thinking right now is, man this is easy. So, we'll do two more, 10, stop right there. 10 reps definitely doesn't do the trick. Not without weight, so you are going to grab a plate. 10 pounds, 25 pounds, whatever you think you can get at least five more reps with. Set the low back against the ball, bring the weight to your chest, elbows away from you, let's keep it going. 2, get that curve on the way down, make the abs work, 3, 4, 5, now I feel something, 6, keep it going, lower body steady, 8. Two more. 20 reps. Set it down, and there you go. Great exercise. Remember to get that stretch on the way down. If you stop half way or if you do them the way you normally do crunches, first of all it's a waste of time being on this thing. That's the beauty of using it. This curve makes it so you can intensify the movement. So, there you go, crunches on the Bosu, you want to intensify it, add reps, no weight. Or add reps, add weight. I'm Nick Narvaez. Thanks for coming out for Six Pack Abs today. You guys take care.

Yoga Basics: Crescent Twist Video

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