Elbow-to-knee

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Elbow-to-knee

Waist · Body weight

Target muscles

Abs

Also works

Obliques

How to do it

  1. 1Start by lying flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the ground.
  2. 2Place your hands behind your head with your elbows pointing outwards.
  3. 3Engage your abs and lift your upper body off the ground, bringing your right elbow towards your left knee.
  4. 4At the same time, bring your left knee towards your right elbow, creating a twisting motion.
  5. 5Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower your upper body and extend your legs back to the starting position.
  6. 6Repeat the movement, this time bringing your left elbow towards your right knee and your right knee towards your left elbow.
  7. 7Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits