Static Curl
Static curl//Photo by Lynda Churilla for MSN Health & Fitness
Finish: Keeping your core muscles tight, rotate your entire torso as a unit toward the right. Hold this position with out pulsing or moving. Focus on creating a tight wall of abdominal muscle and breathe normally. Hold for five to 10 seconds, then return to the centered position and rest. Curl up again, hold, then rotate to the left and hold. Then lower, rest and repeat, alternating sides.



Safety Tip: If your back or neck feel fatigued, rest sooner. Work up to holding each pose for one minute.



Common Error: Yanking on your head.



Fit Fix: Turn from your upper back, not your neck; open the chin slightly and keep your neck aligned with your spine.