Hi, my name is Dan Schmidt from the Chinese Martial Arts Center and today we're going to be showing you the proper way to perform Crunches. Okay, so you begin by lying flat on your back, feet together, hands directly over your head. Okay, it's one simultaneous actions. So go ahead and do a couple. Okay, then again. Okay, so what you're doing basically, you're drawing your knees as much as you can, straight up to the chest as your body sits up. Okay, you want to come in a downward motion, and you want to slap the sides of your feet, at the same time, as you come up, right when you get to the peak, you want to contract your abdominal muscles. Okay, then exhale and lie down. Okay, so inhale, contract, then lie down. Okay, a couple common errors are when people come up, so go ahead go up, okay, what they'll do is they'll leave their feet on the floor, okay, you don't want to do that, it doesn't isolate the abdominals. Okay, then lay back down. Okay, so as you notice, as he draws them up, their off the floor, and his back is off the floor. You just want your lower back and your buttocks area left on the floor. Okay, so couple more. Okay, and stand up. Now, that's the proper way to perform Crunches.
