Bicycle Crunch

Lie on your back on a mat with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Place your hands lightly behind your head with your elbows pointing outwards.

1. Lift your head, shoulders, and feet from the floor.
2. Bring your right knee towards your chest while simultaneously twisting your torso to bring your left elbow towards your knee.
3. As you return the starting side, bring your left knee towards your chest and twist to bring your right elbow towards it.
4. Continue alternating sides in a controlled, fluid "pedaling" motion.

• Keep your lower back pressed into the floor.
• Initiate the twist from your core and obliques, not by pulling on your neck.
• Move in a slow and controlled manner.

• Pulling on your neck with your hands.
• Going too fast and using momentum.
• Letting the lower back arch off the floor.