Vertical Crunch


The vertical crunch targets your abdominal muscles and is similar to the center crunch. Start laying on your back flat on your workout surface. bring your legs up 90 degrees in the air so that the bottom of your feet are parallel with the ceiling. Put your hands behind your head. During the exercise your hands should just provide support for your neck, they should not be pulling the head up. To do the vertical crunch use your abdominal muscles to pull your head, shoulders, and upper chest straight towards your hips. Do not twist your torso. Your neck should remain straight. Come up until your shoulder blades and upper back are off the ground and hold it for about a half to one second. At the same time you bring your upper body up, press your heels up towards the ceiling creating a U shape. This will create an extra burn in the lower abs compared to a center crunch. Come back down in a controlled motion until your shoulder blades are just touching your workout surface, but your not laying flat. 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 when you lift up and breath out when you go back down.

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