Bear Crawls
 

Bear Crawls

Why:

Ignore the curious looks you'll get when performing the ab-busting bear crawl. It's a basic movement at its most functional, helping you improve*your core strength*and control while increasing muscular endurance in your abs, legs,*shoulders, arms and chest.

Use it as part of your warm-up to activate your muscles and help stabilise your body for a more efficient fat-burn once you hit the weights.

How:

- Begin on all fours with your hands under shoulders and your knees under your hips — all lifted off the floor

- Keep hips slightly higher than the shoulders, chin tucked in and head in a neutral position

- As you reach with the right arm, reach with the left foot so opposite arm and leg work together as you begin to move forward

- Keeping your hips even throughout the movement, begin with small steps until you've mastered both movement and co-ordination