Diagonal Crunch
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muscles: | Obliques |
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auxiliary muscles: | Rectus Abdominis |
required: | Doable Without Equipment And Weights |
optional: | Fitness Mat |
fitness level: | Easy |
exercise type: | Strength |
Variations available (16) |
Starting Position
- lay down your back on a fitness mat or the ground
- put the head to the ground, too
- bend the knees into a 90 degree angle
- put one foot to the ground
- the other one rests at the knee with bent leg
- one knee points outwards now
- hold the fingers to the temples
- the elbow point outwards
Correct Execution
- slowly guide the opposite elbow to upper knee
- the shoulder lifts off the ground
- the other one sticks to the ground
- try to hold the head in extension to the spine
- hold the contraction for a moment
- guide the body back again, but do not rest it on the ground, guide it back up again right away instead
- afterwards, switch the sides and repeat several times