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Hi.

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My name is Angie
Miller with AFAA.

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I'm super glad that
you joined me this week

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for more education,
motivation, and tips

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to take our teaching
to the next level

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so that we as a global
group in his community

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can continue to raise the
bar in the fitness industry.

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So today I have strengthening
movement, overall

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total body strength
any move that I

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think that you can implement
into any class you teach,

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whether you teach step class and
you want to put it at the end,

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whether you teach a total
body conditioning class,

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whether you teach yoga
or a Pilate's, or maybe

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any kind of body weight
strengthening class.

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So it is a core
strengthening move.

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But again, it is total
body, and it requires

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a lot of upper body strength.

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This is an advanced exercise.

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So definitely use it in
your advanced classes,

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or offer a modification.

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So we're going to start out in
a plank position with our chest

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open, shoulders down, and back.

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I often have a
rock back and forth

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to make sure that they're
equally distributed.

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Pretend like you have a
belt around your waist.

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You want your shoulders packed
down onto your back pockets.

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You want to take a nice
deep sniff into your nose,

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and then exhale
up so that you're

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in a downward facing dog.

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So you want to lift
your energy up high

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and press your weight
back into your heels.

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So you want to inhale as
you lift your right leg up.

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Exhale as you bring
it into center.

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Inhale.

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Lift it up.

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Exhale, cross to
the inside elbow.

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Inhale.

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Lift it up.

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Exhale.

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Come to the outside elbow.

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Inhale.

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Lift it up.

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And exhale.

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Bring it back into hard center.

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And then we're going
to lift back up

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into a downward facing dog.

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Redistribute your weight.

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Pack your back muscles together.

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Inhale.

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Lift your left leg up.

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Exhale.

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Bring it into center.

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Inhale.

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Lift it up.

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Exhale.

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Cross it to the inside elbow.

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Inhale.

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Lift it up.

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And exhale, outside elbow.

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Inhale.

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Lift it up.

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Exhale.

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Bring it back in.

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Have a seat on your knees.

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Roll it up one
vertebrae at a time,

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and come on up into
that starting position.

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So that is an
excellent core exercise

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that you can implement into
any class that you teach.

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Be sure to modify it for your
less advanced exercisers.

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My name is Angie Miller.

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Thank you so much for
joining me here at AFAA.

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Keep doing what you're doing.

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Keep loving the life that you.