Elbow to Knee
Exercise Animation
Exercise Details
Equipment
bodyweight
Difficulty
Beginner
Type
isolation
Muscle Focus
Primary Muscles
abs
Secondary Muscles
obliques
Instructions
- 1.Lie down on the ground, stretching your legs out straight while keeping your feet together. Ensure that your lower back is pressed flat against the floor. Put your hands beside your head. This is your starting position.
- 2.Begin the exercise start mimicking a bicycle peddling motion with your legs.
- 3.As you bring your right knee towards your body, rotate your torso and try to touch your left elbow to your right knee.
- 4.Repeat the action on the other side.
- 5.Repeat for as many repetitions as required.
Tips
- Keep your elbows pointing out, rather than bringing them forward.
- Once you lift your heels and shoulders off the ground you never put them back throughout the whole exercise. Your legs should also not touch the floor until the end of the set.
Breathing Instructions
Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the cocentric (elevation) portion.
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