Straighten Ups
Dallas Personal Trainer - A personal training favorite and a great finisher exercise that can follow reverse crunches, wiper blades, or an assortment of other ab exercises.
Lie flat on your back on a bench and bring your knees up over your chest and your feet up over your face, by raising your hips up off of the bench. This position is the starting position.
Once you are set in this position, push your hips up higher and simultaneously extend your legs straight up, extending your body vertically as far as possible without letting your abs relax. Smoothly lower your hips and legs back to the starting position and repeat the process. Do not let your abs relax at all between reps and never set your hips down during a set. Keep your abs constantly contracted and tight throughout the exercise.
Make sure that you keep your feet directly over your face or upper chest. Do not let them go back further or you will lose the muscle tension in the abs and the exercise will be useless. Be very disciplined about keeping them straight up, as it will be tempting to let them go too far back during the middle of a set when your abs are tired and burning.
As always, we do not recommend performing any exercise without the supervision of a highly qualified Dallas personal trainer. This exercise description is for informational purposes only. Consult your doctor before attempting any workout program or attempting this exercise or any other exercise on this website.
Lie flat on your back on a bench and bring your knees up over your chest and your feet up over your face, by raising your hips up off of the bench. This position is the starting position.
Once you are set in this position, push your hips up higher and simultaneously extend your legs straight up, extending your body vertically as far as possible without letting your abs relax. Smoothly lower your hips and legs back to the starting position and repeat the process. Do not let your abs relax at all between reps and never set your hips down during a set. Keep your abs constantly contracted and tight throughout the exercise.
Make sure that you keep your feet directly over your face or upper chest. Do not let them go back further or you will lose the muscle tension in the abs and the exercise will be useless. Be very disciplined about keeping them straight up, as it will be tempting to let them go too far back during the middle of a set when your abs are tired and burning.
As always, we do not recommend performing any exercise without the supervision of a highly qualified Dallas personal trainer. This exercise description is for informational purposes only. Consult your doctor before attempting any workout program or attempting this exercise or any other exercise on this website.