Hi girls, thought I would share this with you, if any of you are like me ordinary sit ups murder your back!
Lie on floor, knees bent, feet on floor
Lightly place hands just below & to sides of belly button. Firmly press 2 fingers from each hand into abdomen.

Gently begin to draw abdomen down towards the floor
(Picture a string pulling navel towards the floor)
But do not move your pelvis, raise your chest or hold your breath.

Stop drawing your stomach in as soon as you feel the muscles get tight.

The muscles underneath your fingers should feel taut, but the movement does not require a lot of effort.

If you move too far you'll stop working your transverse abs and begin to work obliques (sides) instead.

Hold position 10-15 seconds, breathing normally the entire time.

Do 10 repetitions.

This was taken from a book I bought about strengthening your back by strengthening your stomach muscles.

Hugs Linda
xx

A tip (one that I've yet to do myself!) is to record yourself reading this exercise, or any other for that matter, so you can follow your instructions as you do it.

Interesting. So, basically, you are contracting and releasing your abdominal muscles while lying on the floor and this is actually the same as doing a crunch?

Well.....the way I understand it the trick is to hold the contraction WHILST BREATHING NORMALLY.
Your normal instinct is to breathe in and out with the effort and release?
With this you hold the contraction through several breaths (hard at first...easier when you've got the knack of it)

Apparently Jordan does this all the time. You don't have to do it on
the floor..can do it any time.

Would to have Jordans abs!

Linda
xx