Cosmopolitan_SriLanka_December_2016

168 ^ Cosmopolitan ^ DECEMBER 2016

make

Yo g a

more

Fun

Just because your attention

span short-circuits after one

Sun Salutation doesn’t mean

yoga is not for you. Try an

unboring take with these

moves from CorePower

Yoga. Poses plus weights

plus cardio bursts equal all

your fitness needs met in one

session. Clear mind, hot

body, can’t lose.

by Danielle mcnally

1

chair pose for

your booty

Stand with feet together,

hold ing a 10-pound dumb-

bell in each hand at chest,

elbows bent, palms in.

Bend knees, keeping

chest lifted. Extend right

leg out to side, tapping toe

on the ground [shown].

Reverse motion. Do 20

reps, then switch sides.

ease up this is basically

a single-leg squat (already

tough) made tougher. need a

break? straighten your knee

a bit. “it’s okay if you need to

come out of chair,” says amy

opielowski, corepower’s

senior manager of quality and

innovation.

For a greater

challenge,

straighten this

knee with each

curl.