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. Seated knee to elbows / chair cross body crunches / bicycles, scorpion stretch and decline bench crunches / sit-ups 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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