Doing crunches in both a safe and effective manner require a good deal of body awareness and anatomical knowledge.
Crunches on bed or floor.
Your feet will naturally twist as you do.
No longer do you have to choose between working your abs and getting out of bed.
Fine stay in bed.
If you can get a carpet rug or something spongey for the floor that should be good enough.
But having taught dance and conditioning for over a decade most people are not doing them right.
This exercise targets the lower abdominals.
Do a few easy moves while still in bed for the best of both worlds.
Although the softness of your bed surface can alleviate this discomfort inadequate support from a sagging mattress platform can also cause back strain and discomfort.
Slide yourself forward until your hips are on the side of the bed.
Planks is the best and the only way to do best ab workou.
Floor is better than bed but you want matting.
They can be dangerous.
Since you re on a wobbly surface on your soft mattress this exercise might be more challenging in bed to keep your body in line.
I mean do it on a yoga mat.
Lying on your back place the soles of your feet together.
Place your hands on the floor in a handstand position.
No longer do you have to choose between working your abs and getting out of bed.
Its fine but less effective.
It ll work your abs more to keep your body in line on this unstable surface.
You might find it easier to do this and any planks on the floor if you re a beginner.
Raise your legs high up off the bed to create a butterfly shape.
Even if we talk about hard mattresses these are deformed with the weight of our body and we can never compare a mattress of a bed hard as it seems with a mat on the floor.
Choose a few of them or complete every move and perform as many reps as you can in 30 seconds.
10 reasons why you should not do crunches 1.
Do a few easy moves while still in bed for the best of both worlds.
The reason you don t want to do it on the bed is that it has too much give which allows you to curl easier.
Blanket on the floor can work as well.
Ace exercise physiologist pete mccall notes that traditional situps and crunches performed on the floor can force the spine into the ground and cause lower back pain.
Sure if you do them right crunches can be harmless.
Not hard surface like concrete.
The position of the back and neck when doing crunches is very important if we are on a soft surface these parts do not support or are in the correct position so it can.
That should do the trick.