How to Do a V Sit Balance

Physical fitness involves more than lifting weights and looking great. It involves building one's endurance, balance, flexibility and strength. A V sit balance is an exercise that builds the abdominal muscles and works on your balance as well. Many people lose their balance as they age and they have to work at it to keep it.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Stretch out your body and muscles. Before working out, it's best to make sure that you are as limber and flexible as possible. This will help avoid pulling a muscle or straining as you execute the movements.
2. Sit on the ground with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. This is the resting position for the V sit balance. You will start and stop your sets in this position.
3. Use your hands to balance your body as you raise your feet off the floor. Make sure your legs are kept straight and together. Lift them about 10 to 12 inches off the ground and hold them in this position.
4. Set your balance in this position, lift one hand off the ground, and readjust your balance. Put your arm out to the side as far as you need to help balance on your bottom.
5. Lift the other hand off the ground and using your arms balance on your body on your bottom. Legs out straight and lifted about 12 inches off the ground, upper body lifted off the ground so that your body is in the shape of a V and using your arms to balance it all.