BANZA January 2016 Issue | Page 74

Blast Workout This months’ blast workout will focus on the core. Just as any new beginning has to have a strong workout should leave you exhausted by the end of it, and it therefore has different levels that it can achieved from the w Flutter Kicks Begin from a supine position, ensuring that the back is flat on the ground and not arched. Raise one leg up splitting legs as one stays down. In a controlled movement raise the opposite leg up while lowering the other leg. To make this exercise easier, or if the back is arching off the ground, place hands underneath hips and raise your legs higher into the air. To make this exercise more difficult, place arms out to the side and keep legs low to the ground. E M H Hands underneath thighs, legs higher. Hands on mat, legs fairly low. Hands underneath thighs, legs really low. Scissor Kicks Begin from a supine position, ensuring that the back is flat on the ground and not arched. Split legs apart and in a controlled movement and raise one leg across the body above the other until they are in line in the middle of the body. From this position, in a controlled movement, split the legs back apart and raise opposite leg above the other one and repeat, alternating legs. To make this exercise easier, or if back is arching off the ground, place hands underneath hips and raise legs higher into the air. To make this exercise more difficult, place arms out to the side and keep legs low to the ground. E Hands underneath thighs, M Hands underneath thighs, legs fairly low. H Hands underneath thighs, legs really low.