Modified Bicycles / Elbow-to-Knee Crunches / Cross-body Crunches
How to Do Modified Bicycles / Elbow-to-Knee Crunches / Cross-body Crunches
- Lie flat on an exercise mat on the floor keeping your lower back straight with no arching of your spine and with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
- Place your hands lightly on the sides of your head.
- Curl your torso upwards so your shoulders are slightly raised off the floor.
- Raise one knees until your thigh is at a right angle to the floor and your calf is parallel to the floor.
- At the same time, bring the opposite elbow across your body until it meets with the raised knee.
- After each crunch, return to the start position inhaling as you do so, bringing your foot back down to the ground
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Modified Bicycles / Elbow-to-Knee Crunches / Cross-body Crunches Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Modified Bicycles / Elbow-to-Knee Crunches / Cross-body Crunches targets abs and also works obliques. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is an at-home exercise. Equipment required: no equipment.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Bicycles / elbow-to-knee crunches / cross-body crunches, plank shoulder taps / planks and bosu ball mountain climbers. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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