Alice recommends using this bodyweight exercise both to warm up your muscles before strength training and as a key move in your core workouts. “So many people are hung up on doing sit ups and crunches for their core work, but the best exercises you can do are the ones that focus on that stability,” she says.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF DOING A BEAR CRAWL?

The bear crawl will not only mobilise the shoulders, but it engages the thoracic spine (in the middle of your back). This area can often be where back pain stems from, as it gets hunched when we work or can be overloaded in our workouts.

“In this move it’s important to keep your back straight enough to balance a tray of champagne glasses on it,” says Alice. By training your body to pull out of a hunching position, you’ll ease back pain and increase spinal mobility.

Bear crawl: How to do this full-body strengthening move