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Strengthen your back, reduce pain, and prevent future back problems with the 15 minute Better Back Workout

Excerpt from 15-Minute Better Back Workout:

"Developing the back - Developing the back means making your back grow stronger with each exercise. Your mantra is to concentrate on making every repetition count. As you exercise, focus on the strength and beauty of your back. it is just as if you had planted a tree and were watching the trunk becoming stronger."

Because our bodies are highly efficient, they always take the path of least resistance. Making them work just that little bit harder can be difficult and requires discipline. This program sets the tone for the work that is to come. You learn to concentrate on the details so your body is encouraged to do more. Lengthen your body just a little bit more, bend even more deeply into your legs, reach your arms just a fraction higher. Perform each exercise and then next time go just a little further with it.

Tips for developing the back

• Make your repetitions count by paying attention to details throughout each exercise and by maintaining that attention

• Register which body parts are moving and strive to feel the motion

• Don't let the body take the path of least resistance. Los yourself in the details and try to find more in each back exercise

• Use modifications, as you exercise (your back) then, every time you repeat, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see that you are able to do a bit more.

Developing the back takes time, patience, and discipline. Work diligently at the details and you will gradually manage to perform every exercise a little better than before.

About the author, Suzanne Martin:

Suzanne is a doctor of physical therapy and a gold certified Pilates expert. A former dancer, she is a Master Trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise. She is published by Dance Magazine, Dorling Kindersley, and the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, among others. She is also well known as an educational presenter within the world of Pilates, dance and physical therapy. Suzanne is the lead physical therapist for the Smuin Ballet in San Francisco and maintains a private practice, Total Body Development, in Alameda, California.