Bicycle Crunch Form TipsĬara D’Orazio, certified personal trainer and owner of CGM Fitness, has contributed form tips to help prevent you making some of the most common mistakes she sees. Lower your leg and arm at the same time while bringing up the opposite two limbs to mirror the movement. Think shoulder to knee as you move, rather than elbow to knee.
Your elbow should stay in the same position relative to your head throughout-the turn that brings it closer to the knee comes from your core. You don’t need to touch elbow to knee instead focus on moving through your core as you turn your torso. As you do so, twist through your core so the opposite elbow comes toward the raised knee. Extend one leg away from you and bring the knee of the other leg toward your chest.
