On each crunch you alternate which direction you twist.
Standing bicycle crunches muscles worked.
This exercise will help you to build up the functional core strength and improve your balance.
To work the front abs stand with your hands behind your head and lift one knee at a time up toward your chest as high as is comfortable contracting your upper and lower abs as you raise your knees.
Which by the way is proven to be 248 more effective than standard crunches.
Lifting your head and shoulder blades during bicycle crunches engages your rectus abdominis the upper muscles of your abs that are worked when you do crunches he explains.
When you do a bicycle crunch you re working out your side abdominal muscles and also toning your thighs.
There is a long list of different types of crunches which are performed differently and one of them is standing bicycle crunch which is considered to be the best abdominal exercises as it alleviates strengthening of muscles in rectus abdominus.
Standing abs exercises work more muscles than crunches says sara haley creator of the daily sweat workout dvds and a reebok global master trainer in santa monica ca.
With a special emphasis on the oblique muscles.
Muscles used in oblique crunches.
What are standing oblique crunches side crunches standing oblique crunches also popular as side crunches are effective abdominal exercises that target your oblique muscles performed by assuming a standing position while you may add these exercises in your daily abs workout regimen you may also use them as alternatives to the oblique crunches on the floor.
A variation on this exercise is the standing bicycle crunch.
There are several different variations.
It s important to incorporate moves that target your obliques like bicycle crunches.
The standard bicycle crunch consists of lying on your back with your hands behind your head then lifting each knee up toward your chest in the direction of the opposite shoulder.
How to do a standing bicycle crunch.
Sit ups and crunches work your abs but they aren t the only exercise to do for a strong core.
An oblique crunch sometimes called a twisting crunch is a common abdominal exercise in which you crunch upward as you twist your upper body aiming to touch an elbow to the opposite knee.
This exercise helps strengthen not only your rectus abdominus muscles those six pack ab muscles but also your internal and external obliques these are the muscles on the sides of your torso which can help.