Side Jackknifes

Instructions

1. 1.Lie down on the floor on your left side with your legs lying on top of each other with your knees bent.
2. 2.Lightly place your right hand behind your head and your other arm on your abs. This is your starting position.
3. 3.Begin the movement by crunching up as you would in a normal crunch but focus on contracting your oblique muscles. Lift your right leg as you do this.
4. 4.Crunch as high as you can then after a brief pause, return to the starting position.
5. 5.Repeat for as many repetitions as required.
6. 6.Repeat the movement on the left side.

Tips

• Variation: you can use ankle weights to increase difficulty.
• Don’t pull on your neck with your hands.
• Perform the reps very slowly, don't rush it!.

Breathing Instructions

Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the cocentric (elevation) portion.

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