Summary: Abdominal stretches are great for strengthening the stomach and improving flexibility. Learn the Latin dance abdominal stretch from a choreographer in this free video.
Enrique Lugo began his career with the formal study of Russian classical ballet. He was awarded numerous scholarships throughout Mexico and as a result became a member of the...read more
"OK, we are moving on with my stomach. Straighten my stomach and my spine. So what I am going to do is first I am going to open my hands. Contract my stomach and bring it all the way down almost touching the floor. From there I am going to bring my body up and straight all the way as high as I can. So be careful, don't be out of the center, try to straight up the most you can. Flex your toes yes. And from there I am going to go down one more time. Almost getting it to the floor. I am going to stretch, point your toes stay there flex it up. One more time all the way down. And gradually we are going to make a little bit more difficult. Now we are all the way down. Yes, from here I am going to use my stomach. Only isolating my stomach and my ribs. I am going to contract and bring my body all the way as high as I can. So I am going to contract, bring it higher. Now I am going forward, stretch it out. Bring it up, contract the stomach in bring it all the way down. And from there one more time. Contract bringing the chest up, your chin up stretch it all forward. Bring it up open up. All the way down and for the last part we are going to do. We are going to repeat all the way to contraction up. Keeping your body straight. Bring it up and now I am going to bring my body in and I am going to straight it. I want it straight one more time. And I am going to go down. And repeat it one more time. Breathe and relax. Contract your body up pointing your toes, brings it down flex it in, bring your body in point your toes. Bring your body in stretch it up. Bring it down and that is how you can stretch and contract your stomach. Moving to the next exercise."