Modified Sit-Up | Thrive Personal Training

Instructions

Lie on your back on the floor. Bend one leg and leave other one to stay straight and flat. Place your palms underneath the arch of your lower back to preserve the natural curve. Depending on the size of your arch you can put one hand on top of the other or simply clasp your hands together.

Slowly raise your chest, shoulders and head as a one unit off the floor without bending your lower back, but putting pressure in to your hands. The range of motion is short – your head doesn’t raise very far off the floor.

Keep the position for couple of seconds while breathing deeply. Then slowly return to the starting position. Do the exercise for the prescribed amount of reps and then switch legs for another set. Repeat for required number of reps and sets.

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