Twisted crunches

 
 

Muscle Worked

Oblique and middle abdominal

Instructions

  • Lie on your back with your legs bent at right angles your feet bent upwards and heels pressed into the floor.
  • Lock your fingers behind your head to support the neck. Shoulders should already be slightly raised.
  • Using the abdominal muscle lift one shoulder towards the opposite hip. This makes the body roll a few inches diagonally upwards and forwards
  • Lower it again just as slowly and evenly and repeat without rest.
Don'ts
  • Do not pull on your neck throughout the exercise.
  • Do not try to reach the knee of the opposite leg with your bent elbow only make use of you abdominal muscles.
  • Don't stop or rest in between the set.