Muscles worked
Upper and middle abdominals
Execution
(1) Lie on your back with your knees
bent and your heals close to your buttocks. Put your hands behind
your head and your chin on your chest.
(2) From this position, lift your shoulders
off the floor as far as you can, crunching your abs together.
Slowly lower yourself to the starting position.
Muscles worked
Upper and middle abdominals
Execution
(1) Lie on your back with hands placed
on the sides of your head, legs bent and open, with feet touching.
(2) Proceed to lift your shoulders off
the floor as far as you can, then slowly lower yourself back down.
Muscles worked
Lower and middle abdominals
Execution
(1) Sit on the end of a flat bench and
lie back with legs extended straight out and your hands on the
sides of the bench for support.
(2) Keeping your legs straight, raise
them as high as you can, then lower them slowly until they are
just below the level of the bench.
Muscles worked
Lower and middle abdominals
Execution
(1) Lie on your back on an incline board,
head higher than your feet. Reach back and take hold of the top
of the board or some other support.
(2) Keeping your legs straight and feet
flexed, raise them up as high as you can, then lower them slowly,
stopping just as they touch the board.
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