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Technique

  1. Contract your Abs and lift your upper body off the ground.
Risks
  • High-reps flexion of the spine might cause issues over time. Use this exercise only as a first step towards more effective Abs exercises.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Joint movements
Trunkflexion
Hipflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Twisting sit-up

Beginner
e1b3

Hip flexor crunch

Novice

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Variations

e1b3

Hip flexor crunch

Novice
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Lying leg extension

Beginner
e0gc

Assisted sitting leg extensions

Beginner
e0ry

Lying tuck raise

Beginner
e0rz

Lying advanced tuck raise

Beginner
e0zw

Roll up

Beginner
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