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This intermediate Pilates exercise is called the criss cross. Now the criss cross is the
last exercise part of the five ab series. So by the time you get to this exercise you're
really burning in that core. And we're going to be focusing a little bit more on the obliques.
So you want to bring your back on to the mat, bring your knees in towards your chest. Your
head and shoulders are lifted off the mat. Place your hands gently behind your head,
inhale here, and then exhale as you extend one leg and twist towards your bent knee.
Now you want to really focus on the back elbow, and inhale draw it center, and then exhale
as you twist to the other side. Now here you want to go as slow as possible, because you
want to think about inhaling as much as you can and exhale everything else. Then when
you master this you can really take it to the next level and really fill that burn.
Inhale. Inhale. Exhale. Exhale. And the breath is so important here, really blow it out.
Inhale, inhale. So perform the criss cross any where between eight to ten reps on each
side and really feel those obliques burn. That is your criss cross.