No-Risk Abs by Blandine Calais-Germain

Author:Blandine Calais-Germain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health/Fitness
ISBN: 9781594777554
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Company
Published: 2011-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

People with a long trunk and short legs are at a disadvantage when doing crunches. The opposite is true for those with a short trunk and long legs.

Those who are at a disadvantage tend to throw themselves forward with their arms and overflex the lower trunk.

Protecting the Lumbar Disks in Flexion

If you can’t easily roll your trunk toward your legs, especially at the fourth stage of the crunch, without your feet being held, you should test the flexion of your lumbar spine:

Lie on your side in a fetal position.

Pull your knees in toward your belly and your thorax toward your knees.

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