Reverse Crunch

(The way most people perform this exercise works the exact muscle that you probably DON’T want to work – the psoas, one of the hip flexors.)

Lie on the floor, face up, with your arms over your head and hold on to something sturdy, like the bottom of a bed or sofa.

Bend your knees and then bring your knees up toward your chest while keeping your pelvis and hips on the floor. This is the starting position.

Focus on shortening the distance between the lower rib cage and the pelvis as you move slowly.

The goal is move one vertebra at a time; don’t swing your legs.

All motion should come from the contraction of your abs, not from the swinging of your legs. Keep the hips and knees flexed at the same angle throughout. (Unfortunately, our model has changed the angle at the knee.) This insures that all of the motion is coming from the abdominals, not the hip flexors.

It is vital to perform this motion slowly in both directions – up and down.

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