Does anyone know what these are called?

brittanyjeanxo
brittanyjeanxo Posts: 1,829 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
It'd be a little vague to search on google so I thought I'd ask here.

I've been doing these exercises and I'm not sure what they're called so I can log them properly.

The first one is where you lie on your back and put your legs straight up in the air, ankles crossed, so your whole body resembles a 90 degree angle. Then you put your hands behind your head and do crunches. I do 50 of those and I'm not really sure what they're called.

The other one is where you lie on your stomach and use your abs and butt to keep your extremities up off of the floor. Basically you look like Frogger when he gets hit by a car :laugh:

Any help?

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  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    reverse crunches? that's what Jillian Michaels calls them.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    nevermind. I read it wrong. I'm not sure... sorry.
  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    the stomache lying and lifting extremities is what I've always seen referred to as Superman's...
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,467 Spam Moderator
    It'd be a little vague to search on google so I thought I'd ask here.

    I've been doing these exercises and I'm not sure what they're called so I can log them properly.

    The first one is where you lie on your back and put your legs straight up in the air, ankles crossed, so your whole body resembles a 90 degree angle. Then you put your hands behind your head and do crunches. I do 50 of those and I'm not really sure what they're called.
    Crunches. The degree of difficulty is just harder.
    The other one is where you lie on your stomach and use your abs and butt to keep your extremities up off of the floor. Basically you look like Frogger when he gets hit by a car :laugh:

    Any help?
    Superman.


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  • brittanyjeanxo
    brittanyjeanxo Posts: 1,829 Member
    Thanks niner :)
  • Rachiepie6
    Rachiepie6 Posts: 423 Member
    Do you use a HRM? If you do, doesn't really matter what they are called to log them :p
  • snookumss
    snookumss Posts: 1,451 Member
    the stomache lying and lifting extremities is what I've always seen referred to as Superman's...

    Exactly... the first exercise I can't remember.
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