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| Muscles worked: |
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Upper and Middle Abdominals |
| Instructions: |
- Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and
your feet together flat on the floor and about
10-15 inches from your buttocks.
- Your hands should either be crossed on your
chest, by your side, or cupped behind your ears.
- Without moving your lower body, curl your upper
torso up and in toward your knees, until your
shoulder blades are as high off the ground as you
can get them. Only your shoulder blades should
lift--not your lower back.
- As you come to the highest point tighten and flex
your abdominals for a brief second.
- Slowly lower yourself back to the starting
position.
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| Don'ts: |
- Don't jerk yourself up to achieve the exercise.
Slowly bring yourself up using your abdominals
only.
- Don't let your lower back raise off the floor. Go
as far up as you feel your abdominals become
tight and hold for a brief second.
- Don't move quickly. You must do this exercise
very slowly and resist on the way back.
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| Alternate exercises: |
- Raised Leg Crunches, Cable Crunches
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