Welcome to article nineteen in the 30 Abs Exercises In 30 Days Series of articles.

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If you’re at all like me you get bored doing the same old abs exercises, if you get to them at all. For the next 30 days I’m going to give you a new abdominal exercise along with instructions on how to correctly perform the exercise!

Abs Exercise #19: Oblique Crunch

The oblique crunch will obviously work out the obliques but also the upper abdominals. This exercise is also known as a lying side crunch. You don’t need any special equipment to complete this exercise, just yourself and the floor.

Here is the proper way to perform the oblique crunch:

1. Lie down on your back with your knees bent at 45 degrees.
2. Let your hips slightly rotate as you drop your knees to the right.
3. Contract the stomach muscles and crunch up with you left shoulder towards your left knee.
4. Return down to the starting position and repeat for 10-20 reps.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 with the other side of the body.

Things to remember when doing the oblique crunch:

• You can put one arm behind your head to rest but don’t actually use this to lift your head.
• Remember to keep focused on your abdominals throughout the exercise.

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