The carioca exercise strengthens the abductors (which open the legs apart) and adductors (which close the legs together) of the hip and aids restoration of balance.
Moving in a fluid motion to your left -
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START HERE |
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Your right foot across your left - in front. |
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Keep moving left, moving your left foot behind the right foot - back to zero position |
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Keep moving left, this time taking the right foot behind the left |
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Then, still going left, take the left foot back to the zero position. |
Keep going left in this fashion, then come back to the right, doing the opposite steps.
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