Top 10 Questions About Abdominal Exercises

Question: Can You Exercise the Upper and Lower Abs Separately?

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When you perform a reverse crunch (lifting the hips), the opposite happens; you feel more contraction in the lower part of the rectus abdominis even though the muscle fibers in the upper rectus abdominis are also contracting.

Additionally, when you stabilize the hips and only lift the torso during the crunch, there is greater muscle involvement in the upper rectus abdominis as well as the internal obliques. When you perform reverse crunches, there is more activation the lower part of the rectus abdominis and more involvement of the external obliques.

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