Crunches and sit ups
- Warm up before beginning resistance training.
- Maintain good posture; unlock your knees, keep your feet shoulder width apart, head up and chin in.
- Always remember to breath out on exertion, never hold your breath.
- Tighten stomach and squeeze through your glutes to support your spine throughout the exercise.
- Complete each action in a slow and controlled manner.
- During crunches and sit ups focus on drawing your ribs towards your hips and your belly button to your back and pulling your shoulder back and down.
- Start off with sits up and crunches completed on a flat surface and slowly progress to more difficult exercise, relative to your personal abilities.
- When using weights ensure that only light weights are used.
- Complete a cool down with stretches at the end of your workout.
