Benefits: Strengthens abs; stretches lower back, hips
Helps: Tight back, weak core

1. Lie on your back with your hands lightly clasped behind your head, feet on the floor, and knees bent.

2. Then cross your right knee over your left knee and wrap your right ankle around your left ankle. Next, inhale and curl your head and chest up. Exhale and curl your pelvis and thighs up, pulling your abs in toward your spine. Release and repeat three times.

3. Next, place your hands on your left thigh. Push against your thighs as your thighs push against your hands. Hold for a breath and release.

4. Switch sides and repeat.