Lay down on the floor face up with your knees bent and feet flat, place both hands behind your head and curl your torso upward supporting your neck and head with your hands but be careful not to pull on your neck or head, focus on pushing your lower back into the floor while squeezing your abdominal muscles at the same time, then slowly lower to the floor.
START: Lie on the floor with your knees bent, feet and lower back flat on the floor. MOVE: With your hands cupped loosely behind your head, contract through your abs to lift your shoulders and upper back off the floor. Hold this position for a second before slowly lowering back to the start, making the negative portion of the rep as slow and deliberate as the positive portion.*Note: this exercise can be made more difficult by holding a weight plate on your chest.
