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Cocoons demonstration

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Strength / Bodyweight

Cocoons

A dynamic ab exercise combining a knee tuck and an upper-body crunch from a full-body extended position.

Equipment

Bodyweight

Experience

intermediate

Movement

compound

Primary musclesSecondary muscles

Obliques · Hip Flexors

Instructions

  1. 01

    Lie face-up on the floor with arms extended overhead and legs extended, hovering slightly off the floor.

  2. 02

    Simultaneously tuck the knees toward the chest and sweep the arms forward into a crunch.

  3. 03

    Try to touch the hands to the shins at the top.

  4. 04

    Reverse the motion smoothly, re-extending arms and legs back to the hover.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended number of repetitions.

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