How to do Abdominal Knee Raises
Written by Nash Trout on January 15th, 2008 in Workout, Exercise, Abs Workout.
Abdominal knee raises also is a good overall workout for the abs. The main abs muscles (rectus abdominis) and the obliques are exercised and resistance is provided by your body weight.
Doing correct Abs knee raises:
1. Place your elbows on the pads. This will support your upper body.
2. Keep back pressed to the back pad, so it will be a guide to make your body straight and don’t jerk.
3. Slowly lift knees into chest.
4. Keep the movement slow. Feel the flexing of your abdominal muscles on the move way down and up.
Here is a good training video by Frank Sepe to demonstrate how:
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January 15th, 2008 at 2:32 am
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February 28th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Is the kind of exercise suitable for women?
February 29th, 2008 at 4:10 am
Yes, this is also suitable for women. This is using your body weight, and not adding any more weight on your feet to increase resistance. Generally, try to do minimum number of reps for ladies, and progress later on after 2 or 3 weeks to add more reps.