How to Do Crunches - 2 Types of Six Pack Building Abs

So you've always wanted a six pack, but just didn't quite know how to get them. Well, it takes more than a healthy intake of food and drink. It requires consistent exercise too, and one of the main things you need to focus on is molding the fat around your abs into a six pack. To be successful, you must exercise the abdominal region regularly. One of the most common and favorite exercises for sculpting "God like abs" is crunches. Let me explain how to properly do crunches that will help you build up that six pack you've been dreaming of.

Crunch #1 - Regular Crunch

The standard crunch is very simple and something everyone can do at home lying on the floor. It is similar to a sit up, but you get a lot more out of it. To do a standard crunch you need to lie down on the floor with your legs straightened. Secondly, start to bend your legs until the bottom of your feet are flat on the floor. Next cross your arms so that each hand is touching the opposite shoulder (make sure that you don't use the method where you put your hands behind your head as this can cause large amounts of stress on the neck and spine). Finally slowly bend your waist lifting your shoulders in the process. As you sit up you should start feeling your abs crunching, and at this point your upper body should be off the floor. Hold it for 5 seconds and then come back down slowly. When doing crunches you need to remember that they are not sit ups; you don't need to sit up, just raise yourself enough to get your upper body off the floor.

Crunch #2 - The Twisting Crunch

This crunch focuses on the obliques (the love handles at each side of your abs). Doing one of these is a bit more complicated than the standard crunch. What you need to do is lie flat again with your fingertips resting on your ears. Now instead of bending your legs you need to raise them slightly. Secondly, bring one knee towards your chest and at the same time raise your upper body bringing your opposite elbow to that knee (left elbow to right knee which is brought into the chest). Lower your upper body and straighten out your knee (make sure you don't drop your legs). Don't stop here, do the same on the other side and keep going. You should start feeling the side of your chest tightening up from the bicycling motion.

Remember, if done slowly, you will get maximum effectiveness. It is recommended that you do both of these methods as they will help sculpt your abs.

Alan Katz

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