Pole exercise for core area

This is a great exercise for the stomach, hips, arms, back, even the area under your arms. Using a pole (broomstick, mop stick, tent pole, etc.) stand with your legs more than shoulder width apart. Bend your knees, keep your back straight, and lower your stance (almost bar stool height). Take a pole and hold it chest level with both hands and your arms out straight. Begin to bring the pole around your chest/stomach area from side to side until one end of the pole is pointing to the front and the other end points to the back (the middle of the pole should brush against your waist slightly). As your doing this, turn your knees inward slightly and rotate your feet on the balls of your feet. Now raise your arms (while still performing the side to side maneuver) so that one end of the pole moves in front of your face, then the other end. Repeat the maneuvers: hip cross hip (4 count) shoulder cross shoulder(4 count). Be sure to start off slowly and then increase the speed. Afterwards, slow down and then stretch all worked muscles. See video demonstration below by double-clicking play button.