Chic Shaping » Bridge http://chicshaping.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 22 May 2012 14:53:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Exercise of the week: Shoulder Bridge http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/exercise-of-the-week-shoulder-bridge/ http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/exercise-of-the-week-shoulder-bridge/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:47:00 +0000 cleo http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/exercise-of-the-week-shoulder-bridge/ A great exercise for your shoulder, spinal cord, butt and thighs is the shoulder bridge. Here are the steps to perform the shoulder bridge exercise.

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  • Lie down on a mat straight with hands parallel.
  • Bend your legs from knees at an angle of 90 degree and put your spine towards your head.
  • Lift your butt in upward direction and slowly lift your spinal cord slowly.
  • Inhale while doing the above step. And make sure that only your head, shoulders, hands and feet remain on the ground.

 

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  • Now slowly lift one of your legs straight upwards and exhale during this position.
  • Try to remain in that position for few seconds. Now bring the leg down and inhale.
  • Now again bring your leg up and exhale.
  • Repeat this 10 times with each leg.
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· Start the initial position by sitting position.

· Now bend your legs from the knee and remember that your heels rest on the ground and toes point upwards.

· Balance yourself with the help of your hands.

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· Now slowly raise your butt as shown in the figure.

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· Now raise your butt in such a way that your knee, butt and chest are in one line.

· Exhale during this process

· Make sure that your hands stretch while doing the above steps.

· Now again return to the start position and inhale.

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Step 1
Lie down on a mat.

Step 2

Bend the right leg and lift the left leg in upwards direction as shown in the figure.

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Step 3

Now try to lift your butt keeping your arms on the ground.


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Step 4

Come back to the starting position and repeat the above steps with another leg.

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