![]() ![]() ![]() Shoulders come up as knees come in, lower shoulders down as you extend legs to a hover. Roll back slowly to your back with arms in front, then lower back to your ears. As you exhale, bring your legs up, shoulders off the ground and arms out parallel to the floor.īring your arms at chest level, straight in front of you, as you engage you abs, exhale and slowly roll up into the pictured position. Complete all of your reps on one side before switching to the other. Hands in fists with thumbs pointed towards you, as you crunch up and exhale, bring your right shoulder off the ground toward your left knee and begin to make a circular pattern with your torso.Ĭomplete the “body circle” by lifting your left shoulder off the ground as you continue to crunch your abs. Back to center, then to the opposite side. Bring your legs up and try to lift your hips to press your toes towards the ceiling.Īs your shoulders rise off the floor, hips also come up, drawing knees in closer to your chest.Įxhale as you try to meet knees to elbows (keeping your elbows in line with your ears), lower down and straighten legs out to a hover.Ĭome up into a regular crunch, and engaging your obliques, bring your torso towards the side and “chop” with your hand at your ankle. Remember to keep your elbows out, in line with your ears and lead with your shoulder, not your elbow.įor this one, you can have your hands behind your head (more challenging) or under your lower back. Don’t depend on momentum- keep it slow and controlled. Exhale as you bring your shoulders off the floor and draw your belly button in towards your spine. Level 2 will bring their elbows out to the sides, level 3 will have arms straight, glued next to their ears and even hold a light dumbbell. *As always, check with a doc before making any fitness changesįor beginners, cross your arms on your chest. Here are 10 different types of crunches if you’d like to add a little zing in your abs routine: We did a lot of crunches and it helped me to remember some of my old forgotten favorites. I loved the combo of moves Chalene put together, but was kind of bummed with the lack of lower leg lifts and planks (which are much more functional than crunches). My abs are still very weak from pregnancy, so it felt nice to give them a good workout. It was my first time doing the abs DVD and I am SORE today. Pairing crunches with other ab exercises is a winning combination, so check out this 5-minute ab workout or this barre ab burner for a balanced routine.įor this post, I’m going to focus different ways to crunch, which was inspired by my workout yesterday morning. I did a little TurboFire workout: 25 minute HIIT and 10 minute Abs DVD. ![]() Crunches are a key part of any ab routine, but it’s good to expand beyond the basic crunch to get the most benefit. ![]()
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