Standing Knee

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Contents 1 What is this? 2 Benefits 3 Equipment required 4 MET 5 Time 6 Levels 7 How to do it 7.1 Initial Position 7.2 Set-up 7.3 The position 7.4 Holding the Position 7.5 Unwinding 7.6 Repetitions 8 Scoring 9 Problems

What is this?

This is a yoga position for the thighs.

Benefits

Standing Knee:

• Improves the flexibility of the thighs.
• Forms a good part of a warm-up routine.

Equipment required

This exercise requires:

• The Wii Balance Board

MET

Standing Knee has a MET of 2, meaning that it is a light intensity activity.

Time

This exercise takes two minutes.

Levels

There is only one level of Standing Knee.

How to do it

At all times, follow the movements of your trainer.

Initial Position

• Stand on the Wii Balance Board with your legs together.
• Pull your shoulders back.
• Keep your back straight.
• Your arms should be at your sides.

Set-up

• Stand on your right leg.
• Keep your back straight.

The position

• Bend your left knee and raise your left leg so that it is as high as your abdomen.
• Put your hands around your left knee.

Holding the Position

• As you breathe in, using your hands, pull your left knee in towards your body.
• Hold the position for a moment.
• Breathing out, and keeping your hands around the knee and your knee raised, release your left knee.
• Hold the position for a moment.
• Breathe in, and pull the left knee towards you again.
• Hold the position for a moment.
• Breathe out and release the left knee.
• At all times remember to keep your back straight.
• Concentrate on your balance so that you keep the red dot in the yellow zone.

Unwinding

• Straighten your left leg and lower so that it is on the Wii Balance Board.
• Stand with your legs together and your arms at your sides.

Repetitions

• Repeat the exercise, but standing on your left leg instead of the right.
• There is only one repetition of this exercise: one on the right and one on the left.

Scoring

You are awarded points based on how well you kept the red dot within the yellow zone for both the right and the left.

Problems

• If you are having problems keeping your balance, you might wish to hold on to a chair.
• If you cannot lift your leg up as high as your abdomen, do what you can and work at the exercise daily so that you can increase your flexibility.
• Keep your movements fluid: you are meant to gently pull back on your knee.