Lie down on a mat or bench with your knees bent and feet flat on the
floor. Place a dumbbell in your hands and hold the dumbbell to your chest.
Engage the core and slowly roll up so that the dumbbell touches your knees. Emphasize proper body position to get the best abdominal results.
Lower back down with control and repeat.
Alternatives
Lie down on a mat or bench with your knees bent and feet flat on the
floor. Place a dumbbell in your hands and hold the dumbbell to your chest.
Engage the core and slowly roll up so that the dumbbell touches your knees. Emphasize proper body position to get the best abdominal results.
Lower back down with control and repeat.
Hold a dumbbell out in
front of you with straight arms as you sit-up. Alternatively, hold two dumbbells, one in each hand with your arms straight out in front of you. The two dumbbells challenges your abs with a
sit-up and forces you to brace your entire core and arm muscles to balance
during the action.
Another option to activate the obliques is to hold one dumbbell in each hand. As you sit-up, punch your right arm across your body and crunch up towards the left side. Lower back down and repeat on the other side.