Reverse Crunches

How to do Reverse Crunches

1. Rest your back on the mat and slide your hands palm-down beneath your buttocks.
2. Bring your legs together and lift them until your toes point toward the ceiling.
3. Keep your arms and upper back steady against the mat.
4. Keep your head resting on the mat rather than lifting your chin.
5. Curl your pelvis toward your ribs, lifting your buttocks just a little off the mat.
6. Keep the lift small enough that your weight stays off your neck.
7. Lower your pelvis slowly until your buttocks rest on the mat.
8. Let your legs settle before each pelvic curl instead of swinging them for momentum.
9. With your pelvis down, bend your knees and lower one foot at a time.

Benefits

Reverse crunches train the abdominals through a lift from the lower end of the torso.

Variations

Bend both knees to make the leg position easier to maintain.