Not exact matches
The most important moves you can do are leg and vertical
knee raises for lower and upper abs, or you can do windscreen wash to work your
obliques.
If you want to target your
obliques (muscles under the love handles) instead of
raising your
knees towards your chest rotate them left and right.
You can also do this standing,
raising knees up to the side of your body for a great
oblique burn.
12 each leg: Cable machine Lateral Step - up
knee raise This is a fun, complex movement that engages multiple muscle groups (adductors,
obliques, glutes) and will challenge your stability and balance.
Practice sit - ups following the APFT protocol, as well as planks,
knee raise, and
oblique exercises.
The essential moves you can do are leg and vertical
knee raises for lower and upper abs, or you can do windscreen wash to work your
obliques.
A great way of working the
obliques using the same piece of equipment can be achieved by
raising your
knees / straight legs to the side.
For instance, the vertical leg and
knee raise station serves the purpose of working your
obliques and abs.
Adding a twist to leg
raises, high vertical
knees or the crunch engages the
oblique muscles.
External
oblique muscle activity was highest in the power wheel jack knife,
knee - tucks and ab sling bent leg hanging
raise.
Konrad et al. (2001) compared a number of gymnastic exercises and found that the horizontal straight leg anchored side bend displayed the highest external
oblique muscle activity, followed by the reverse curl up Escamilla et al. (2006) compared the power wheel roll out (power wheel in hands), jack knife and
knee - tuck (power wheel attached to feet), the ab sling bent - leg hanging leg
raise, the flat and decline reverse curl up, the anchored bent leg sit up, and bent leg curl up.