Short Box – Spear a Fish
- Equipment: Reformer
- Category: Abs/Core
- Level: Advanced
- Body position: Seated-ShortBox
- Repetitions: 3-4 reps each side
- 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 rotate and roll back maintaining the twist. Inhale to lift and lengthen the torso. Exhale to side bend over the box into a long arc. Inhale to return through lift. Exhale to center and roll up
Teaching cues
- Keep rotation as you roll back
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