Seated Ab Contractions
How to Do Seated Ab Contractions
- Seat yourself comfortably on a solid chair, with your back straight and unsupported. Keep your feet planted about hip-width apart.
- Slowly draw your abs in and tense lightly
- Hold for the specified time, ideally a second or two, and then release, pushing your abs back outwards
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Seated Ab Contractions Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Seated Ab Contractions targets abs. 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.
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