Play the Roller Derby

Play the Roller Derby

Jyl Steinback, a personal fitness trainer who worked at the Elizabeth Arden day spa in Beverly Hills and at Arden’s Maine Chance in Scottsdale, developed a stretching and toning program called “Roll Yourself Thin in 12 Minutes.” This medley of 14 side-to-side rolling exercises, done sitting or lying on the floor, is pleasant and can help muscle tone and flexibility. Thinness—if it comes—is more the result of the fat-free diet Steinback also espouses.
The exercises are fun and easy, and with no equipment required, they offer do-anywhere convenience, so they are a useful adjunct to a more comprehensive fitness program. One example is Steinback’s Love Handle Roll. Lying on your back, stretch your arms out to your sides with your palms up and your elbows bent slightly. Raise your feet over your hips with your knees together. Keeping your shoulders and arms on the floor, roll both knees alternately to the left and to the right. This and the other 13 exercises, which should be coupled with warming up before and stretching afterward