OK, situps work PART of my abs. If I do enough situps I get that nice "I did something" twinge in a band just below my belly button. What works the sides? What works the upper area between my belt and my ribs?
One of the girls on my roller derby team taught us these weirdo crunches to work the obliques (the side you refer to). You lie on your back, with your knees bent 90 degrees and your feet in the air. Put your hands behind your head. Then, instead of crunching up like a situp, you kind of make your body into a "c" shape, bring your right elbow and your right foot together (well, not together, but toward each other). Then center, and repeat on the left side.
At first they feel like nothing, and just make you look silly. Then you realize the muscles are working and ouch. But good ouch.
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At first they feel like nothing, and just make you look silly. Then you realize the muscles are working and ouch. But good ouch.
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