How to do Roll-Up Hold Arms Up And Down

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Difficulty: Hard

Impact Level: Low

Target Body Parts: abs, lower back

Instructions

Start lying on your back with your legs straight and feet flexed. Your arms are pointing straight up to the ceiling from the shoulder.

Breathe in to prepare to move, as you breathe out engage your abdominals to lift the head and chest and continue to sequentially roll the spine up from the floor. The shoulders stay down away from the ears and the arms drawn back into the shoulder. Sit up tall, pulling the top of your head toward the ceiling with arms pointing. straight up. Pause for a second. Then lower back down. Breathe in as you start to tilt the pelvis underneath you and as the tailbone touches the floor begin to breathe out and control the sequential lowering of the spine back down onto the floor until the back of your head reaches the floor and the arms are pointing back up to the ceiling.

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