Crunches On Bed Or Floor

Raise your legs high up off the bed to create a butterfly shape.

Crunches on bed or floor.

But having taught dance and conditioning for over a decade most people are not doing them right. Its fine but less effective. Not hard surface like concrete. The reason you don t want to do it on the bed is that it has too much give which allows you to curl easier.

Your feet will naturally twist as you do. Do a few easy moves while still in bed for the best of both worlds. Planks is the best and the only way to do best ab workou. Slide yourself forward until your hips are on the side of the bed.

Lying on your back place the soles of your feet together. If you can get a carpet rug or something spongey for the floor that should be good enough. No longer do you have to choose between working your abs and getting out of bed. I mean do it on a yoga mat.

Although the softness of your bed surface can alleviate this discomfort inadequate support from a sagging mattress platform can also cause back strain and discomfort. Floor is better than bed but you want matting. Ace exercise physiologist pete mccall notes that traditional situps and crunches performed on the floor can force the spine into the ground and cause lower back pain. They can be dangerous.

Choose a few of them or complete every move and perform as many reps as you can in 30 seconds. Since you re on a wobbly surface on your soft mattress this exercise might be more challenging in bed to keep your body in line. The position of the back and neck when doing crunches is very important if we are on a soft surface these parts do not support or are in the correct position so it can. Doing crunches in both a safe and effective manner require a good deal of body awareness and anatomical knowledge.

You can still transform your body with exercises you can do right on your mattress. There s a saying no pain no gain. Fine stay in bed. Sure if you do them right crunches can be harmless.

Place your hands on the floor in a handstand position. You might find it easier to do this and any planks on the floor if you re a beginner. That should do the trick. It ll work your abs more to keep your body in line on this unstable surface.

Blanket on the floor can work as well. This exercise targets the lower abdominals. Do a few easy moves while still in bed for the best of both worlds. But it is better you do it on the floor but not directly.