Cross Reach Sit Up exercise – Mover.tips
The Cross Reach Sit Up is a variant of the Sit Up, adding additional effort to the obliques.
Video demonstration
(excerpt from ‘How to do a wide leg cross sit up’
by Michmau3)
How to and step by step instructions:
- Lie down, your back on the floor, extended legs.
- Sit Up bringing one extended arm towards the opposite extended leg.
- Lie back down to the starting position.
Hints & tips:
- It is Ok to use a towel in the tailbone to avoid injury.
Benefits:
- Strengthen your core.
- Combines abs and hamstring strengthening.
Muscles worked and body parts involved:
Primary muscles: Abs
Secondary muscles: Obliques, Lowerback, Hamstring
Muscle: Abs
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