Hook your feet in the gym ladder with your hips and knees flexed at 90 degrees. Place your hands behind your head.
1. Inhale and curl your torso as high as possible off the floor.
2. Exhale as you complete the movement. Return to the starting position and begin the next repetition.
Notes: This exercise focuses on the rectus abdominis and places secondary emphasis on the internal and external obliques.
Place your torso farther from the gym ladder and hook your feet lower to increase pelvic mobility. This will allow you to gain a greater range of motion and more involvement of the hip flexors from this exercise.