Start rehabbing these neglected muscles today with two excellent exercises courtesy of Peter Kraus, founder of Worth Personal Training .
Were going to do these two moves because a lot of people, they sit down a lot, and it shortens up their psoas , an essential lower back muscle, Kraus says. It strengthens up their front a little too much and deactivates their back, causing lower back issues and compression. So what we want to do is stretch out that psoas and then strengthen our lower back.
Both moves are on the floor. Start with a scorpion stretch, lying flat on your stomach with your hands in front of you in the shape of a scorpions claws. Take your opposite foot up and across your opposite shoulder, Kraus says. Try to touch your right shoulder with your left foot, and vice versa.
Kraus recommends doing 10 reps on each leg for this exercise, but if it hurts (and if you sit all day, it very well might) then just start with three or four reps.
Next, put your hands out in front of you in a Superman pose. Lift those hands up, activate that core, and then reach back into a reverse crunch and try to touch that opposite hamstring, says Kraus.
Two moves, one goal: Fix your lower back.
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