Follow this progression to work your way up to the more challenging crunches we discuss today.
Crunches on the floor and grabs his stomach.
Start with the crunch i and or the crunch ii.
Place a pair of dumbbells about shoulder width apart on the floor.
Lift your arms off the floor and extend your legs out.
Take a 15 sec break between.
Lying on the floor with your knees bent feet flat on the ground and hand to side of the head sit up and back down again slowly and controlled.
They don t have the capability however to reduce the size of your stomach or make an impact on any excess fat you have at your tummy.
Abdominal crunches are great to get a flat stomach and lose the embarrassing jiggly belly fat.
Perform small contractions of your abdominal muscles to raise and lower your torso a few inches.
The cousin of full sit ups crunches involve lying on your back feet either flat on the floor or elevated in the air with knees bent.
Start by doing three sets of 10 crunches and increase the number once you get comfortable.
A grab the handles and position yourself in a pushup position b lower your body to the floor and then press back up c once.
You can do these with hands by your sides or behind your head for support.
Crunches offer numerous health benefits including that they tone and strengthen your abdominals which helps you maintain proper alignment of your spine and lower your risk of back pain.