This week, the Amazing Stickie is doing a similar exercise to last week. This one is called Criss Cross. It also works her oblique abdominals and her spinal flexion.
Today, she begins lying on her back with her hands behind her head and her knees bent so that her feet are flat on the floor. She twists her torso slightly so that one elbow is touching the ground. From there, she lifts her head and shoulders off the mat, maintaining the twist, and raises her opposite knee toward the higher elbow. Her other leg stays long, floating just above the floor. Then, without lowering her head and shoudlers toward the mat, she switches the position of her legs and twists her body the other direction.
Sets of ten are good.
Stickie would like to point out that this exercise may look familiar to gym-goers who are not Pilates people. This exercise is done with more control and usually less speed than the gym version.
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