Seated Lean Backs / Chair Crunches
- 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 arms crossed on your chest and hands flat on your shoulders (like Dracula) , find a stable comfort point with your glutes. This is the starting position
- When ready, inhale and using your core for control, gently lean backward until your upper back comes into very light contact with the back of the chair
- Exhale and contract your core to bring your body back up to the starting position
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Seated lean backs / chair crunches is a at-home work out exercise that targets abs and lower back and also involves glutes & hip flexors. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Agility ladder drills, kneeling cable crunches and upward cable wood chops are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as seated lean backs / chair crunches. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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