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Bicycle Crunches

"I love how this one really hits the obliques and challenges the bodies oppositional strength," said Kelsey Taylor, a Peak Pilates-certified instructor at Timberline Fitness Studio. "It also works the deep transverse and pulls everything in and together. "

  • Lie flat on the floor with your lower back pressed to the ground (pull your abs down to also target your deep abs).
  • Put your hands behind your head.
  • Bring your knees in toward your chest and lift your shoulder blades off the ground, but be sure not to pull on your neck.
  • Straighten your right leg out to about a 45-degree angle to the ground while turning your upper body to the left, bringing your right elbow toward the left knee. Make sure your rib cage is moving and not just your elbows.
  • Switch sides and do the same motion on the other side to complete one rep (and to create the "peddling" motion).
  • This counts as one rep.
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