Core Training: Clam Crunch Video

Work the abs using the clam crunch as part of a core training exercise routine. Learn the clam crunch from a professional fitness trainer in this video on health and fitness.

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Exercise for the mid and lower core area
Vary sets and reps for cross training
Core training can be done daily
Exhale as the legs pull inward
Strong core = strong back

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Mimi Saraiva is a former gymnast for the Brazil national team. Mimi moved to Los Angeles 10 years ago and is now a certified and licensed personal trainer and a trainer for iTRAIN.com. iTRAIN provides more than 275 workouts in its library ranging from treadmill to elliptical, cycling, strength training, and many more.

Hi everyone, this is Mimi and welcome to core workout. Today I'm going to show you the clam crunch, great exercise that works your entire abs. So first we're going to do with no weights. All you need to do is put your feet together, lay on your back, hold your head in your palms, then I want you to lower your arms and your legs at the same time and lift them up, touching elbows with knees. Bring them back down and up. You're going to squeeze your abs as hard as you can when you come up. We're going to do fifteen repetitions of this. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale and squeeze. And five. And six. And seven. Eight. And ten. Let's do five more. Four. Three. Two. Last one. And take a little break and rest a little bit. If that's too easy, there's a good alternative. We're going to add a dumbbell to the same exercise. So all you need to do is hold that dumbbell with your feet. Lay down, in position, let's do fifteen more. Second set. Touch the floor, this is going to add way more difficulty to this routine. You're going to feel your lower abs much more like this. Let's do a couple more. And squeeze. Take a little break and you can repeat that a couple more times. If you do that a couple of times a week, you're going to see great results and feel your lower abs really getting stronger. So that's it for today. My name is Mimi, and I'll see you next time.

Core Training: Clam Crunch Video

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