- Lie flat on the floor with your lower back pressed to the ground. For this exercise, you will need to put one hand beside your head and the other to the side against the floor.
- Make sure your feet are elevated and resting on a flat surface.
- Now lift the shoulder in which your hand is touching your head.
- Simply elevate your shoulder and body upward until you touch your knee. For example, if you have your right hand besides your head, then you want to elevate your body upwards until your right elbow touches your left knee. The same variation can be applied doing the inverse and using your left elbow to touch your right knee.
- After your knee touches your elbow, lower your body until you have reached the starting position.
- Remember to breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) part of the exercise and to breathe out during the concentric (upward) part of the exercise.
- Continue alternating in this manner until all of the recommended repetitions for each side have been completed.
Note: While you cannot add resistance to this exercise you can concentrate on perfect execution and slow speed.
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Review: Oblique Crunches
Dec 29, 2012 4:26 AM: Bikes are pretty similar idea except I find with bikes it hits ur core more due to having to keep your legs crisp and stabilised!! Good exercise this one too
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Review: Oblique Crunches
Nov 6, 2012 10:02 AM: Just asking but would this not be a lower intensity version of "Bikes"? or is it more isolated?
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Review: Oblique Crunches
Sep 21, 2012 9:07 AM: I'll try it next week - anything for obliques!
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Review: Oblique Crunches
Jan 6, 2012 3:56 AM: looks easyer than it actually is... well at least for me - begginer
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Review: Oblique Crunches
Apr 19, 2011 12:56 PM: sweet exercise
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Review: Oblique Crunches
Feb 24, 2011 8:56 AM: Good exercise. Didn't cross my mind to work out obliques like this though. So easy...well hard, but easy.
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Mar 4, 2010 2:47 PM: Cool