Specific Bench Situps

Hook your feet beneath the roller pads or bar with your torso hanging parallel to the floor. Place your hands behind your head or across your chest.

1. Inhale and curl your torso upward. If you feel your ab muscles relax, you have gone too far; keep tension on them.

2. Try to touch your knees with your head as you contract your muscles.

3. Exhale as you complete the movement and return to starting position for the next repetition.

Notes: This exercise focuses on the rectus abdominis. It places secondary emphasis on the obliques. The pelvic tilt intensely works the rectus femoris, iliopsoas, and tensor faciae latae.

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