Seated Knee to Elbows / Chair Cross Body Crunches / Bicycles
How to Do Seated Knee to Elbows / Chair Cross Body Crunches / Bicycles
- Seat yourself comfortably at the edge of a solid chair, with your back straight and unsupported. Keep your feet planted about hip-width apart
- With your hands placed gently behind your head find a stable comfort point with your glutes. This is the starting position
- When ready, exhale and using your core for control, raise one knee towards your chest
- At the same time, bring the opposite elbow across your body until it meets, or comes close to 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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Seated Knee to Elbows / Chair Cross Body Crunches / Bicycles Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Seated Knee to Elbows / Chair Cross Body Crunches / Bicycles targets abs and obliques and also works glutes & hip flexors. 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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