Scissors

Lie down on your back with hands on your sides and your legs straighten out in front of you.

Bend your knees at a 90-degrees angle and draw them towards your chest. Your feet should be off the floor.

Engage your core by squeezing your glutes, pressing your lower back into the ground, tucking your pelvis, and pulling your navel in towards your spine. Maintain this posture throughout the exercise.

Next, keeping your core strong, slowly lower one leg down toward the ground until it is about 12 inches off the floor.

Straighten out the leg that you have just lowered while keeping it off the floor. Hold that position for about 6 seconds.

Bring the extended leg back to the starting position.

Then straighten out the other leg. Hold that posture for a count of 6 seconds.

Continue the scissoring movement by slowly switching both the legs up and down.

In the beginning, you may start with one set of 8 to 12 repetitions. As your mobility and strength improves, you can work yourself up.