Get Your Crunch On!!

Hey today as I was doing my Slim In 6 Burn it Up ab routine I was reminded of the fact that I have not always done my crunches correctly and had I not fixed in time I could have caused injury to my neck. So I want to take a minute to help you make sure you've got your form down and are crunching correctly. Not only does it reduce your risk of injury, but it also allows you to get the full benefit of every crunch.

When your lying on the floor getting ready for those dreaded crunches, put your fingertips on the sides of your head right behin your ears. This is just for support of your head. Your brain weighs about 3 lbs not to mention all the fluid around it. So it tends to make that noggin heavy. As you crunch up concentrate fully on using your ab muscles. (Those are the ones in your belly area.) To do that, you want to make sure you have room between your chin and your chest for a tennis ball or your fist turned sideways. You want to really relax your head and neck. If you feel any strain at all in your neck then you are not doing it quite right. This takes a little practice. If you are trying to keep up with a video don't worry about pace until you get your form just right. Remember quality over quantity. Just keep making sure that you relax that neck and let your abs do all of the work. Pretty soon you'll have the six pack you always dreamed of. And I'm not talking about the kind with a plastic ring around the top.