How to Work Your Upper Abs
- 1). Lie on your back on the floor or on an exercise mat. Position your feet flat on the floor, leaving a bend in your knees. Place your hands behind your head with your elbows out. Lift your upper back and shoulders off the ground until you feel your upper abdominal muscles tighten. Hold this pose for a moment, then release back down to the floor. This is one rep. Perform two sets of 12 to 50 reps.
- 2). Stand straight up in the air with your feet flat against the floor. Make sure your feet are touching one another. Place your hands behind your head with your elbows out. Lift your right leg up into the air so it is parallel with the floor, Keeping your hands behind your head, crunch your waist down so your left elbow moves down to the raised leg. Return to the starting position and perform the exercise with the other side - right elbow to left knee. This is one rep. Perform one set of 16 to 20 reps.
- 3). Lie down on an exercise ball with your bottom barely on the ball. Position your hands directly behind your head, elbows out. Your feet should be flat on the floor and your upper legs straight with the rest of the body. Lift your right leg up into the air while you lift your upper back and shoulders off the ball. Point your left elbow toward the raised right knee. Lie down and set your foot back on the floor. This is one rep. Perform this rep eight times, then switch and use your right elbow and your left knee. Perform this eight times also.
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