Crunches On Bed Or Floor

Not hard surface like concrete.

Crunches on bed or floor.

Place your hands on the floor in a handstand position. There s a saying no pain no gain. I mean do it on a yoga mat. They can be dangerous.

You can still transform your body with exercises you can do right on your mattress. 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. Doing crunches in both a safe and effective manner require a good deal of body awareness and anatomical knowledge.

Blanket on the floor can work as well. If you can get a carpet rug or something spongey for the floor that should be good enough. 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. 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.

10 reasons why you should not do crunches 1. Choose a few of them or complete every move and perform as many reps as you can in 30 seconds. Planks is the best and the only way to do best ab workou. Sure if you do them right crunches can be harmless.

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. Lying on your back place the soles of your feet together. Do a few easy moves while still in bed for the best of both worlds. Raise your legs high up off the bed to create a butterfly shape.

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. Its fine but less effective. No longer do you have to choose between working your abs and getting out of bed. Do a few easy moves while still in bed for the best of both worlds.

But it is better you do it on the floor but not directly. Floor is better than bed but you want matting. That should do the trick. Your feet will naturally twist as you do.

No longer do you have to choose between working your abs and getting out of bed. But having taught dance and conditioning for over a decade most people are not doing them right. Fine stay in bed. 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.