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Upper and Middle Abdominals |
| Instructions: |
- Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and your feet together flat
on the floor and about 10-15 inches from your buttocks.
- Your hands should either be crossed on your chest, by your side, or
cupped behind your ears.
- Without moving your lower body, curl your upper torso up and in toward
your knees, until your shoulder blades are as high off the ground as you
can get them. Only your shoulder blades should lift--not your lower back.
- As you come to the highest point tighten and flex your abdominals for
a brief second.
- Slowly lower yourself back to the starting position.
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| Don'ts: |
- Don't jerk yourself up to achieve the exercise. Slowly bring yourself
up using your abdominals only.
- Don't let your lower back raise off the floor. Go as far up as you
feel your abdominals become tight and hold for a brief second.
- Don't move quickly. You must do this exercise very slowly and resist
on the way back.
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