Can you do crunches sitting down?!

I'm bumping, because this is a great idea if something works!

Not sure about crunches but toning and strengthening your legs sit on your chair extend both legs infront of you ( under the desk and no one will notice ) Then alternate each foot and tap your toes on the floor. We do this at bootcamp lying flat, sitting is not as effective but as soon as youve done 20 ish you will feel the pull in your legs and stomach in controlling the movement and keeping it smooth and slow.
Any other ideas people have would be great :-)

Not sure about crunches but toning and strengthening your legs sit on your chair extend both legs infront of you ( under the desk and no one will notice ) Then alternate each foot and tap your toes on the floor. We do this at bootcamp lying flat, sitting is not as effective but as soon as youve done 20 ish you will feel the pull in your legs and stomach in controlling the movement and keeping it smooth and slow.
Any other ideas people have would be great :-)

What a great idea! How do you do it lying flat? are your feet raised a few inches or more?

you can do them standing up if you want, do bicycle cunches standing up.

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Not sure about crunches but toning and strengthening your legs sit on your chair extend both legs infront of you ( under the desk and no one will notice ) Then alternate each foot and tap your toes on the floor. We do this at bootcamp lying flat, sitting is not as effective but as soon as youve done 20 ish you will feel the pull in your legs and stomach in controlling the movement and keeping it smooth and slow.
Any other ideas people have would be great :-)

What a great idea! How do you do it lying flat? are your feet raised a few inches or more?

When doing it lying down you legs are more raised not too high but incling upwards slightly. It's hard work but i really feel it in my stomach lying down is even harder i often find myself grabbing the carpet :-)

how about just clenching/tighening your muscles .. don't think I'm explaining this very well

staceface519 - explained better below

do ab vacuums.

Not sure about crunches but toning and strengthening your legs sit on your chair extend both legs infront of you ( under the desk and no one will notice ) Then alternate each foot and tap your toes on the floor. We do this at bootcamp lying flat, sitting is not as effective but as soon as youve done 20 ish you will feel the pull in your legs and stomach in controlling the movement and keeping it smooth and slow.
Any other ideas people have would be great :-)

Good grief this is hard....just tried it.....so hard I ended up grabbing/hitting the desk and spinning across the office on my wheeley chair......good though so will try again......might need to wedge the chair in place!

Returning for more ideas later! 10 hours at a desk, I need to expend some energy.

sit on a yoga/exercise ball instead of a chair and you will have to use your core all day to stabilise yourself

If you take a half an hour walk (as you should if u sit all day like i do!) . . and while walking clench your stomach muslces for 5-10 seconds and slowly release and keep doing thsi while your walking it helps. . . same thing with your butt. My friend told me this and it works . . . i also do it while im sitting at my desk. . almost like a stomach kegel exercise.

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Also try some of these.....

Abs are made in the kitchen. You see your abs by lowering your body fat% pretty low. For men, it's around 10%. The percentage is higher for women, however, to allow women to be women! Which is a good thing! LOL You can strengthen and build your abs by doing strength training and crunches. I have been doing P90X, P90X+, 1 on 1 with Tony, Insanity, and hybrid workouts to incorporate them all. I've seen great results! If you're looking for a good ab routine, I recommend Ab Ripper 100 and 200, and later on you could try Ab RIpper X, Killer Abs, Iso Abs, and Ab Ripper X2. You don't have to buy P90X. You can probably go on YouTube or the internet to find the moves and do them yourself. Crunches are not super important. I only do about 15 minutes of dedicated ab work, but it is still important and useful to develop your body just like any other body part. Even professional bodybuilders will finish off their olympic style weightlifting with some ab work, such as weighted crunches, ab machine, or roller.

It wont be much if you dont go that often, but when you are in the privacy of your toilet/bathroom, take the opportunity to do several squats over the loo seat. Not sitting down, but get just above it. Prob can be done at your desk too, but haven't tried that one as my office door is always open.

Stretching is always a good thing in the office chair. Lift one leg up so your ankle is resting on your knee and slouch forward over your folded leg. Then swap legs. This stretches down either side of the back. Another move is to sit upright, place your right hand over onto the armrest or back of the left side of your chair. Leaving legs facing forward, turn your upper body around to the left. Then do the otherside on the right.

Best of luck, oh and take the op any time it comes up to use stairs. We have bathrooms on every level of the building and i go up 2 stories just to get the steps done

sit on a yoga/exercise ball instead of a chair and you will have to use your core all day to stabilise yourself

this is the best suggestion on here. you're not just taking a couple seconds to do crunches, a stability ball forces you to use your core all day long.

you can also try keeping a weight by your desk and doing a modified "saxton side bend"


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I can't imagine many professional office environments allowing you to do this.

Dynamic resistance. tightening and holding the muscle tight. You can work your whole body this way at your desk. Just make sure you have a plan to hit the different parts and both sides. Otherwise you'll wind up Popeye on the right and Twiggy on the left.