WORKOUT WEDNESDAY GIVEAWAY WINNER & Confidence with Solow Style
Today marks the end of our special series with Jill McIntosh and Solow Style! Today, Jill is teaching us how to improve our posture and confdience! And thanks to Solow Style, we have a winner of the very stylish workout gear we showed off in this post! Scroll down to see if you’re the winner. But first, here’s Jill and her tips on working your spine.
CONFIDENCE Spinal Extensions
These are the absolute best exercises you can do to improve your posture, and there is a strong correlation to good posture and confidence. Practicing spinal extensions helps balance out all the frontal movements we do everyday and can help alleviate pain in the entire length of the spine. It will help you walk taller and move through your world more confidently.
Lift and hold 10 times with hands and feet on the ground.
Lift arms and legs as high as possible and tap inner thighs together 25 times.
Alignment cues:
- Keep your toenails, hipbones and palms of your hands pressed into the ground to maintain foundation and stability of your low back for lifts.
- Think about leading with your ribcage. This will ensure that you’re engaging the muscles the entire length of your spine rather than just your low back.
- Keep your focus on the ground so your neck stays in line with your spine.
- When lifting your arms and legs up keep your chest wide and arms and legs as straight as possible.
- Use inhalation to get your body longer and exhalation to lift up higher.
Thanks, Jill! Congratulations to Lacey, winner of the Solow Style Giveaway. Lacey won with her comment on her favorite way to get moving:
“Running. I was born to run free. It allows me to clear my mind. It takes me places.”
Congrats, Lacey! Thanks to everyone who participated and to Solow for providing us with this amazing giveaway. Be sure to check out Solow's site for more cute styles like the one Jill's wearing.
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Congrats to Lacey!! Awesome posts & exercises for s healthy body, thank you :)