Movement · The Original 10
The Hundred
The short answer
The ultimate warm-up. Lie on your back, curl your head and shoulders up, extend your legs out, and pump your arms up and down rhythmically.
100 beats (build to 100)
Breath, Inhale 5 counts · Exhale 5 counts
How to do it
Lie on your back, curl your head and shoulders up, extend your legs out, and pump your arms up and down rhythmically.
Breath: five pumps on an inhale, five on an exhale, continuously, to a hundred.
Be mindful
- The Hundred is a breathing exercise, readying the body for what comes next, stay focused on the breath and keep the hips and back relaxed.
- Neutral spine is maintained the whole way through.
- Use the entire arm when pumping, shoulders stable, don’t just flap the hands.
Modification
Keep the knees bent, feet hip-width on the floor, for the whole exercise if you’re just starting out.