L-Sit

 


Targets the abs.

The lower the surface the more difficult the exercise becomes. The higher the surface the easier the exercise becomes.

On the ground or two chairs: Your hands are at shoulder width distance or more than shoulder width distance from each other, your fingers facing your feet. Extend your legs, close together and parallel to the ground. Extend your toes. Your arms are overextended. Lower your shoulder blades. Drop your shoulders and push your shoulders back. Your chest is up. Your arms, upper body, and hips line up. Your head isn't tilted. Don't move your shoulders forward. Press your shoulders down as you lift your body. Hold up to 30 seconds. Return to the starting position.

On dip bars, parallettes, or parallel bars: The parallettes are parallel and at a shoulder width distance from each other. Your palms face each other. Wrap your thumbs on the inner side of the dip bars, parallettes, or parallel bars and wrap your fingers on the outer side of the dip bars, parallettes, or parallel bars. Extend your legs, close together and parallel to the ground. Extend your toes. Your arms are overextended. Lower your shoulder blades. Drop your shoulders and push your shoulders back. Your chest is up. Your shoulders line up with your glutes. Your head isn't tilted. Don't move your shoulders forward. Press your shoulders down as you lift your body. Hold up to 30 seconds. Return to the starting position.




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