Good old crunches. The key to doing a good crunch is not how far off the floor you get. This leads to the head bob. You’ve seen her right? That poor person laying on the floor on her back and she thinks she is doing a ton of crunches, but has never flexed her abs once. Her hands are behind her head and her neck is straining back and forth.
Good crunches require you to flex your abs. Lifting your shoulders off the floor will do this. Focus on pushing those shoulders up to the ceiling and keeping a tennis ball size space between your chin and your chest. To remind my clients to focus on lifting with their shoulders I sometimes make people put their hands on their shoulders.
More is better, but only to a certain point. If you find that you are doing over 50 crunches then you are going to bore the heck out of yourself and it’s time to do another exercise. Mixing it up will keep the muscles guessing and working to that flat stomache you are probably hoping for.
Thanks for the tips, I’m starting an exercise program and am looking for different things I can do to work different muscles. Thanks for sharing!