Bicycle Crunch (as shown in the picture above)- Get in position by lying on your back on the floor with your legs bent at your knees. Incline Pushup – The incline push up should really be done against a wider bench, or even against the bar on a smith machine that is set to a couple feet off the ground. The bench leg-hip raise offers an easier alternative to the captain’s chair because much of your body weight is supported on a bench throughout the exercise. While the captain’s chair leg raise and its alternatives are performed with bent knees, you can increase the difficulty of all these movements by keeping your legs extended in the exercises.
There are so many alternative exercises you can do that will not put excessive pressure on your abdominal wall. As my belly became larger and heavier it became more difficult to keep good form with incline push-ups. While they are less effective than the captain’s chair, they are still more effective than the traditional crunch for targeting your rectus abdominus and obliques. After a woman’s first trimester, in addition to crunches, prone position (downward-facing) exercises should be avoided.
This exercise is a more challenging alternative to the captain’s chair because it requires upper-body strength to hang from a bar.
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17.05.2013 at 14:50:40 Loss, ultimately causing fat to burn from your body at a tremendous rate.
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17.05.2013 at 22:59:46 Severe injury, such as a large tear if you are exercising.