Marco Borges, lifestyle coach | Crunch your abs
Posted on Tue, Mar. 04, 2008
The medicine/resistance ball reach crunch combines two movements for one explosive exercise. The primary muscles targeted are the abdominals and hip flexors. Secondary muscles worked include inner thighs, serratus anterior and triceps.
1) Lay flat on your back with a small- to medium-sized resistance ball between your feet. Hold a medicine ball with both hands above your head.
2) Exhale as you sit up and reach with the medicine ball toward the resistance ball. Inhale as you return to the starting position. Do 10 to 15 repetitions for three sets.
Key point: Start off with a lighter medicine ball until you are comfortable with the movement.
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