Top: body vertical on the shoulders
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Lying on a bench you hold its edge behind your head and lower a rigid body from vertical to horizontal, resting only on the shoulders. The hardest no-equipment abdominal exercise.

Level
Elite
Equipment
Box or bench
Measure
reps
Tempo
3-1-2-0 (down, pause, up, pause)
corehip flexorslatsglutes

Technique

  1. Grip the edge of the bench behind your head, raise the body to vertical on the shoulders.
  2. Lower the whole body as one plank, hips do not bend, breathe calmly.
  3. Stop just above the bench and return the same way.

Common mistakes

  • Bending at the hips: it turns into leg raises.
  • Dropping onto the bench: shorten the range, start tucked.
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