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Exercise 6
Start from the chest position
with feet in against the shoulders.
Using one hand put the same
foot behind the arm linking the arm to hold the foot. At this stage the
foot will still be flat on the floor. Do the same with the other foot.
You will be as in the picture above.
Using the arms in a rearwards
movement continue to move the feet towards the rear until the foot is in
the armpit.The heels will come off the floor during this and you will only
have the toe end of the feet captured.. You can do also do this in the
chair now when doing backbend exercise 5.
After the exercise do frontbend
exercise 4.
Variation to be done when
more advanced and successfull with all backbend exercises
1. Stretch out in a backbend
on the chest.
2. Pull your feet in to
the shoulders with your hands...
3. ...and slide the feet
to the rear.
4. Now grasp the knees and
pull in hard. Getting the hands to the knees allows you to pull the knees
in lots and the head through the legs. Relax in position 1 and repeat 30
times.
After the exercise do frontbend
exercise 4.