http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/building-a-home-workout-routine/straight-leg-crunches/ Culturally Sound Tools, Tips, and Advice Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:41:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/building-a-home-workout-routine/straight-leg-crunches/#comment-12639 Erika Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:59:23 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=444#comment-12639 Try it - experiencing some type of tension in your neck and shoulders is going to exist regardless. Keeping your chin tucked is going to help you focus, so that you don't wind up adding EXTRA tension and pressure on your back. It's harder to hold your chin in an UNtucked position than otherwise if you are using your core - NOT the tension in your neck - to do the lifting, IMO. Try it – experiencing some type of tension in your neck and shoulders is going to exist regardless. Keeping your chin tucked is going to help you focus, so that you don’t wind up adding EXTRA tension and pressure on your back. It’s harder to hold your chin in an UNtucked position than otherwise if you are using your core – NOT the tension in your neck – to do the lifting, IMO.

]]> http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/building-a-home-workout-routine/straight-leg-crunches/#comment-12635 toyalise Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:47:11 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=444#comment-12635 great technique, but isn't your chin supposed to be lifted and pointed outward??? your neck and shoulders will be DONE after 2 sets! great technique, but isn’t your chin supposed to be lifted and pointed outward??? your neck and shoulders will be DONE after 2 sets!

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