INDIANAPOLIS — For today's Friday Fit Tip, we're joined by 13News meteorologist Kelly Greene.
You may not have known that besides her skills in weather, Kelly is also a certified fitness instructor. She's explained a popular fitness move, the cat cow.
"This is a great thing to do, even first thing," she said. "You get out of bed, roll onto the floor, hands underneath your shoulders, knees underneath your hips and then take a nice inhale, dropping your gut down, sticking your tailbone out gently. Look up toward the ceiling, inhale into the cat stretch. Bring your chin to your chest, pressing away from the floor and then take another nice inhale as you come into the cow. Exhale into cat. Do several reps of these. It's a great way to warm up your entire core, which is from your shoulders into your hips.
Jeremy Stephens at DYC Fitness said the importance of stretching is sometimes forgotten.
"Oftentimes, weightlifters, we kind of neglect the stretching and the yoga aspect of fitness," he said. "But I think it's also good to increase our strength as well, so it's a great element to add."
A strong core is key.