How Do You Do Abdominal Exercises In A Chair?
Having strong abdominal muscles is important to help maintain good posture, balance and to help prevent back pain. However for many people doing traditional crunches on the floor can cause neck pain or be hard for those that have trouble getting up and down from the floor. There are a couple of exercises you can do from a chair to help strengthen your muscles. Sit up straight at the edge of a chair that does not have arms. Cross your arms across on your chest. Gently tuck your chin down and round your back. Tighten your abdominal muscles to help support your back. Slowly lean back keeping your back rounded and your chin tucked down until you feel a pull in your abdominal muscles. Do not go back so far that you touch the chair. If you feel this exercise in your back, you may be arching your back and you should try to round it more and focus on tightening your abdominal muscles. Make sure as you go back that you do not drop the head back and compress the neck. Keep your chin tucked in th