Bicycle Crunch | Thrive Personal Training

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Instructions

Lie face up on the floor, with your hips and knees bent and feet off the floor. Placing your hands by your ears and elbows out wide, raise your shoulders off the floor and twist your body to the left, simultaneously pulling your left knee in toward your right elbow. As you are performing this crunch, extend your right leg. Lower your body until the back of your shoulders touch the floor, and repeat on the opposite side. Your legs should move in a bicycle pedalling fashion. Do not lower your feet to the floor until you finish all repetitions.

Tip

The more you extend your legs out, the more challenging this exercise. Make the pedal motions smaller or point your legs up instead of out, to make the exercise easier.

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