Lie face up on an exercise mat on the floor. Holding a medicine ball in your hands, extend your legs straight in the air above your hips. Extend your arms until they are straight and reach up trying to touch the medicine ball to your toes. Once you are as close to your toes as possible, return to the starting position and rep

eat for 12-20 repetitions depending on your comfort level. Medicine balls can weigh as little as two pounds and as much as twenty pounds so be sure to start at a comfortable level and progress at your own pace.

Shaun Karp is a certified personal trainer in Vancouver. For further information call his office at 604-420-7800.