Spine Twist

Setup

1. 01Sit tall on the floor with legs extended and pressed together in front of you.
2. 02Flex the feet and press the heels away to anchor the legs.
3. 03Reach both arms straight out to the sides at shoulder height.
4. 04Lengthen the spine as if being pulled up through the crown of the head.

Execution

1. 01Exhale and rotate the trunk to one side as far as it goes without the pelvis moving.
2. 02Add a small extra pulse of rotation at the end range.
3. 03Inhale and return to center with the spine still tall.
4. 04Rotate to the other side and continue alternating.

Checkpoints

• -The pelvis and legs stay completely still; only the trunk rotates.
• -Height is maintained; the spine does not slump as it turns.
• -Arms stay level at shoulder height like a single line through the chest.
• -Rotation comes from the mid-back, not from whipping the arms.

Common mistakes

• -Letting the hips shuffle and the knees bend to fake extra range.
• -Slumping through the lower back while rotating.
• -Dropping one arm lower than the other at end range.
• -Rushing the reps and using arm momentum instead of trunk rotation.