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How to Build & Define Your Abdominals
How to Do an Abdominal Crunch
How to Do a Reverse Crunch
How to Get Stronger Abs Faster
How to Get Six-Pack Abs
How to Do an Oblique Crunch
How to Get Great Abs in 3 Months
How to Build Abdominals
How to Get Rid of Love Handles
How to Do Lower Ab Exercises
How to Slim the Waist
How to Do Abdominal Crunches
How to Get Perfect Abs
How to Get Rid of a Spare Tire
How to Get Abs of Steel
How to Get Ripped Abs
How to Get Great Abs
How to Get Six-Pack Abs
How to Get a Six-Pack
How to Lose Stubborn Belly Fat
How to Build Core Strength
How to Tone Lower Abs
How to Strengthen Your Abdominal (AB) Muscles
How to Get a Six-Pack Abdomen
How to Get Rid of Muffin Top
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Summary: An abdominal crunch is done properly by contracting the abs forward and focusing on the center portion of the abdominals. Learn how to do an abdominal crunch with tips from a fitness trainer in this free video on ab exercises.
Les Whitley is the director of Velocity Sports Performance in Cool Springs, Tennessee. He has 12 years of experience in the field of health and fitness. He is a former ISKA Kickboxing...read more
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"Hi. I'm Les Whitley. I'd like to take a few moments right now and show you how to do a proper crunch. Begin by lying on the floor. Ideally knees should be at a nice bent position to allow you the ability to flatten out your lower back and help tilt up your pelvis. This is going to help maximize the contraction of the abdominal muscles. Begin either by placing your hands behind your head, fingertips barely touching the skull, not so much to pull, but just for a little additional support for the head, or arms across the chest. Whichever feels more comfortable. As you move your upper torso closer towards your lower body, keep a couple of things in mind. It is a movement that's straight ahead and forward, so there should be minimal rotation side to side. The crunch we're focusing on the center portion of the abdominal muscles. The other thing too, there should, maintain about a fist distance between your chin and your chest so as to minimize the impact and stress that's placed on the neck. You should never pull from the neck to move the head in. The goal here is to move at the torso, crunching the abdominals and upper body forward. By maintaining that space, you allow your head and neck to relax and focus on the abdominals. The crunch should begin again by moving your shoulders off the ground, crunching them forward towards your knees as you move up, full contraction of the abdominals, hold for a slight half count, then back down, ideally not letting the shoulders rest on the ground to maintain good contraction through the abdominal muscles. Again, crunching up and down under good control allowing those muscles to contract fully through a full range of motion to complete the abdominal crunch."
eHow Article: How to Do an Abdominal Crunch
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