Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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vertical crunches

wyrdgirl
wyrdgirl
Posts: 24
Joined: 2001/11/17
United States
2002/02/14, 02:34 PM
My problem is when I try to do vertical crunches my arms start to give out before I can get a good workout on my abs. This surprises me since I have pretty strong arms. What exercises do I need to perform to be able to hold myself up on the vertical bench machine? Thanks!
rpacheco
rpacheco
Posts: 3,770
Joined: 2001/12/13
United States
2002/02/14, 03:50 PM
Well, maybe you can start by developing more arm strength. You can do wrist curls (for your forearms) and dips (for your shoulders and triceps). You can also build overall upper body strength by doing push ups and pull ups.
Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2002/02/15, 02:50 AM
And cheat with putting on wrist straps......

Also work with your strength of your grips.
wyrdgirl
wyrdgirl
Posts: 24
Joined: 2001/11/17
United States
2002/02/15, 10:00 AM
Thanks for the advice!