BANZA January 2016 Issue | Page 77

Backward Crunch Begin in a supine position with your shoulders and legs raised slightly off the ground and arms extended along the sides. From this position, flex your knees and hips while simultaneously contracting abdominals to bring your knees to meet your chest. Slowly extend knees and hips to return to starting position and repeat. Plank Form a triangle with hands and elbows, placing your feet slightly apart. Raise body up and hold, forming a straight line from shoulders through to feet. To increase the difficulty of this, keep the body stable and raise one leg upwards. To decrease the difficulty of this drop one knee at a time to the ground to reduce the weight of the plank. E Lower trunk. E Put knees on the ground. M Raise trunk higher. M Take knees off the ground. H Raise trunk even higher. H Raise one leg and alternate.