The Spine Twist is a traditional Pilates exercise where you sit with your legs out in front while you rotate your body around to one side, come back to the center, and then rotate to the other side.
Seems simple enough, right?
And on the surface, it is.
Done right, it’s the perfect spine and core exercise.
But how you set yourself up makes the difference between using your deep spine muscles when you twist and just yanking yourself around with your waist muscles.
Without your deep spine helping you out when you twist, you’re way more likely to injure yourself.
Or end up with a muscle spasm. “All I did was a simple spine twist. Or so I thought…”
So how to do it safely?
By using both your spine and waist muscles when you twist.
In today's video, I’ll show you how, so you can make sure you’re keeping your spine in your Spine Twist. (And the injuries out.)
After you check it out, I’d love to know how it goes! Let me know in the comments below the video.
Always twisting,
Sydney
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