This one takes your hip flexors out of the movement, focusing all your effort on those sweet, sweet abs. Six pack, here we come!
HOW TO DO IT:
- Lay on your back with your knees bent at 90º
- Splay your knees outward, so you look like a frog on its back
- Raise your arms, then swing them toward your feet to create momentum
- Curl your abs to lift your torso off the ground
- Squeeze your abs at the top
- Lower yourself back down slowly, letting your arms swing over your head
- Repeat
MAKE IT COUNT:
- Do as many as you can
- Lower yourself really, really slowly on your last rep
MAKE IT EASIER:
- Use more arm swing
- Crunch your abs up just a little, just lifting your shoulder blades off the ground
MAKE IT HARDER:
- Use less arm swing
- Go slower
- Do a second set
MAKE IT FUN:
- Share this with a friend so you have a workout buddy!
PRACTICAL USES:
- Sitting and standing with better posture
- Reduced back pain and stronger overall movement
- Bolting up from bed to stop the alarm
- Lookin’ good at the beach
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