Main Muscles Affected
- Abdominal muscles
Exercise Difficulty
Medium difficulty
Performing the Advanced Side Crunch:
- Lie on your back
- Rotate your legs onto your right hip, keep your knees slightly bent and your shoulders flat on the ground
- Keep your right arm extended and positioned approximately halfway between your shoulder and hip, with your palm facing the floor, bring your left hand behind your head, raise your upper body and simultaneously raise your legs while keeping your knees still. Try to bring your left elbow closer to your left knee, try to balance yourself with your right elbow and never touch the ground with your shoulder and feet during the execution
- Repeat on the opposite side.
- Squeeze and push the chin too far down
- Squeeze the muscles involved lightly until you lose balance as you approach the elbow to the knee
- Move your knees as you raise your legs up.