by joannegalligan | Jul 23, 2019 | EXERCISES, LISA, MOBILITY
Lying on your stomach with your forehead resting on the mat bring your arms out the side. Reach one arm upward and one downward like you are trying to touch your hands behind your back. From this starting position, lift your elbows as high off the ground as you can....
by joannegalligan | Jul 23, 2019 | CORE, EXERCISES, LISA
Start in a high plank position with your wrists directly under your shoulders and your arms straight. Squeezing your glutes and core do a small jump outward with your legs, then jump back to your starting position. If this is too challenging simply step the legs apart...
by joannegalligan | Jul 23, 2019 | CORE, EXERCISES, LISA
Starting lying flat on your back, put your hands at your side, palms down on the floor. Lifting both legs together bring them as far overhead as you can. This is the plow position – hold for a second to increase your pike flexilibility. Then send your feet up...
by joannegalligan | Jul 21, 2019 | LISA
Start standing. Step one leg sideways away from your centre – lets use our right leg as an example. Bend into the right leg keeping that knee facing forward, while straightening the left leg and turning that knee to the sky (cossack squat). Transfer the weight...
by joannegalligan | Jul 21, 2019 | LISA, MOBILITY
Lying on your back, loop a rope under your foot and around your leg from the outside of your ankle to the inside – this encourages the leg to turn out when you pull on the rope. Holding the rope with the opposite arm as the wrapped leg, sweep the leg out to the...
by joannegalligan | Jul 21, 2019 | LISA, MOBILITY
Starting in tabletop position (kneeling with both arms on the ground, and back parallel to the floor) extend one leg behind you until it is straight. Lift and lower this leg 10 times. Then keeping the leg elevated, bend the knee to point your toes to the ceiling....
