Abs
V-up with Clap
Lie flat on your back with arms extended overhead and legs straight, feet together. Engage your core, simultaneously lifting your torso and straight legs off the floor, forming a 'V' shape with your body.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Focus Area
- Abs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- rectus abdominis
- iliopsoas
Secondary muscles
- obliques
- rectus femoris
Target muscles
- abs
- hips
How to perform
- 1
Lie flat on your back with arms extended overhead and legs straight, feet together.
- 2
Engage your core, simultaneously lifting your torso and straight legs off the floor, forming a 'V' shape with your body.
- 3
Reach your hands towards your feet, clapping them together either under your legs or at the peak of the 'V' shape.
- 4
Slowly and with control, lower your torso and legs back to the starting position, maintaining core engagement.
Safety & form
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