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Straight Leg Crunches

by Erika Nicole Kendall
written by Erika Nicole Kendall

black-women-exercisingI’m always asked to spill my ab exercises – by one persistent visitor in particular *waving to Tracy* – so I figured, why not? This section of the site serves as a directory for me as much as it does for you. I’d like to go exercise shopping, too! LOL

Here are the straight leg crunches I do. I started off doing ten crunches… then 3 sets of ten… then I went up from there. Give ’em a shot!

The proud leader of the #bgg2wlarmy, Erika Nicole Kendall writes food and fitness, body image and beauty, and more here at #bgg2wl. After losing over 150lbs, Kendall became a personal trainer certified in fitness nutrition, women's fitness, and weight loss by the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is also certified in sports nutrition by Precision Nutrition. She now lives in New York with her husband and children, and is working on her 6th and 7th certifications because she likes having alphabet soup at the end of her name.

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3 comments

toyalise September 3, 2010 - 8:47 PM

great technique, but isn’t your chin supposed to be lifted and pointed outward??? your neck and shoulders will be DONE after 2 sets!

Erika September 3, 2010 - 8:59 PM

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.

Annette February 22, 2013 - 5:07 PM

Thanks for sharing it’s helping a lot with my digestion. I was doing a lot of lower abs. This helps a lot.

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