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  • Aug 15, 2006, 07:25 AM
    essexbird
    Stomach crunches
    How do u do stomach crunches
  • Aug 15, 2006, 07:31 AM
    RickJ
    From here:

    * You can do hundreds of these and still not feel it if you don't do it right. Do them slowly, tensing the stomach throughout for best results.
    * Lie on your back and lift your shoulders off the ground, moving your ribs towards your hips - not too far, just keep it so you can feel your stomach working - and hold it for two seconds. Keep your head still, hands resting lightly on either side, but don't use them to pull yourself up - it is cheating and could strain your neck.
    * Leg variations (getting progressively harder): Keep your legs bent and feet on the ground; keep your legs bent and feet in the air; have your legs straight out in front of you; or have your legs straight out in front of you and move them up and down in time with your torso.
    * Arm variations (in ascending pain order): Across the chest; resting lightly on the sides of the head; or straight out above your head.
    * Further variations: Rotate torso and lift the knees alternately so that each elbow (with hands resting on the head) touches the opposite knee; or you could try holding weights.

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