The sight of a sculpted six-pack is a fashionable fitness statement indeed, but a strong midsection also helps prevent injury, increases functional use (like lifting your kids out the sandbox) and helps prevent back pain.
Precautions
In fact, we urge you to perform the Back Routine before or after this workout to enhance the whole area. These side-to-side ab crunches streamline your waist. No weights needed.
Exercises
Just click on the first exercise below and we will guide you through all three exercises you'll need to know for the workout. The photos help make sure your positioning is correct!
Side Crunch
(waistline and abs)
Step 1.
Lie on your back with knees bent, feet flat on the floor and fingertips supporting the nape of your neck. Slowly crunch your torso up for three seconds and allow your shoulder blades to clear the floor.
Step 2.
After you raise your torso straight up, crunch your left elbow up toward your right knee and hold it there for three seconds. Return to the starting position and crunch straight up again. Alternate all sets: straight up, left elbow, straight up, right elbow, etc.
Leg Reach
Step 1.
Lie back with your legs straight up over your stomach and your chin up. Curling your torso off the floor, extend both arms and reach up with your hands as if you were trying to touch your toes.
Step 2.
Alternate sides, reaching up first to your left foot, then to your right. Crunch slowly and aim to clear your shoulder blades off the floor each time.
Middle Reach
Exercise
Lie back with legs spread in a v-position over your stomach and keep your chin up. Curling your torso off the floor, extend both arms and reach up straight through your legs to hold for five seconds. Crunch slowly and aim to clear your shoulder blades off the floor each time.
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