Sliding Cobra

General and Specifics

• if you have issues with your back, leave out this exercise

Starting Position

• place a folded towel on the floor
• lay in front of it with stretched out arms and position the hands about shoulder width apart on it
• your body completely lies on the floor

Correct Execution

• put pressure on the towel and slide to the middle of the body
• bend your elbows while sliding
• your chest erects and points forward now
• your back is arched
• always hold the head in extension to the spine
• the hip has contact to the ground the whole time, the motion only happens in the upper body area
• afterwards, slide back to where you started
• do several reps

tip for the workout

• you can also do it with one arm only, if the exercise is too easy for you