Exercise Directory: Windshield Wipers

​This exercise will focus on your abdominal muscle ... especially your obliques [the sides of your midsection].

STEP #1: Lie down on your back on the floor [facing the ceiling].

STEP #2: Lift your legs up in the air so they are at about a 90 degree angle with your body.

STEP #3: Draw your belly button in toward your spine.

​STEP #4: Press your lower back against the floor. This is to help eliminate your back from arching.

STEP #5: Extend your arms out to your sides [about a 45 degree angle from your body] ... touching the floor beyond you.

STEP #6: Slowly lower both legs toward the floor to your left side. Everyone's range of motion will be different ... so listen to your body and only lower your legs to the degree that your body allows you.

STEP #7: Return your legs back to starting position.

STEP #8: Slowly lower your both of your legs toward the floor to your right side.

STEP #9: Return your legs back to starting position.

​STEP #10: Continue to repeat this movement until you feel your abdominals start to fatigue.

Side View:

​STEP #11: REST.

STEP #12: REPEAT.