Short Box – Fire Baton (No Back Extension)
- Equipment: Reformer
- Category: Abs/Core
- Level: Intermediate
- Body position: Seated-ShortBox
- Repetitions: 3-5 reps
- Springs: All
- Headrest: Any
- Footbar: No bar
- Prop: Pole
Starting position
Seated on short box facing footbar, feet under strap hip-width, sitting slightly forward, arms overhead holding pole in line with ears, spine tall
Instructions
Inhale to prepare. Exhale to hinge forward with a long spine over the legs. Continue into spinal flexion, reaching forward and down. Inhale to scoop the abdominals and begin rolling back up through flexion. Return to upright stacking the spine without moving into extension. Repeat the forward hinge and flexion sequence with control
Teaching cues
- Focus on flexion only
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