Abdominal curls on a sit-up cradle
Lie supine on the floor with knees bent, feet flat, and hands gently behind your head or crossed over your chest. Engage your core, drawing your navel towards your spine, and gently press your lower back into the floor.
- Equipment
- Equipment
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Abs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- rectus abdominis
Secondary muscles
- obliques
Target muscles
- abs
How to perform
- 1
Lie supine on the floor with knees bent, feet flat, and hands gently behind your head or crossed over your chest.
- 2
Engage your core, drawing your navel towards your spine, and gently press your lower back into the floor.
- 3
Exhale as you slowly lift your head, neck, and shoulders off the floor, curling your upper body towards your knees.
- 4
Focus on contracting your abdominal muscles, avoiding pulling on your neck.
- 5
Pause briefly at the top of the movement, feeling the abdominal squeeze.
- 6
Inhale as you slowly lower your upper body back to the starting position with control.
Safety & form
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