Long Arm Crunch

The long arm crunch works your upper abdominal muscles. It is similiar to the center crunch except you have your arms out stretched behind you. This adds more resistance to the exercise. Start out laying flat on your back. Bent your knees and bring them up until you have your feet flat on the ground. Put your arms out stretched behind you like you are stretching after waking up. Clasp your hands together. To do the long arm crunch use your abdominal muscles to pull your head, shoulders, upper chest, and out stretched arms up off the ground towards your hips. During the movement your arms should remain out stretched and move with your upper body. Do not twist your torso or pull your arms in. Your head and neck should move with your upper body (neck remaining straight). Come up until your shoulder blades and upper back are off the ground and hold it for about a half to one second. Come back down in a controlled motion until your shoulder blades are just touching your workout surface, but your upper shoulders and arms are still off the ground. This ensures your abdominal muscles are always contracted during the entire exercise. That is one repetition, from there just repeat. Be sure to breath out as you go up and breath in as you go down.

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