This exercise is an intermediate-to-advanced abs exercise that targets the lower abdominal. This exercise is for those who have no back or abdominal problems.

• Lie on back with legs raised over hips, knees slightly bent.
• Place hands with palms down at your side.
• Use abdominal muscles (particularly lower) without using momentum, to raise hips off floor toward rib cage.
• Tilt hips straight up toward ceiling. Visualize your feet being pulled up into the ceiling with string. It should feel as a lift and lower movement targeting lower abs.
• Hold at top of movement and return to starting position.
• Repeat and work up to 30 repetitions.
  
  

Advanced Tip: Do 3 sets of 30 repetitions. You can perform this exercise with a turning and twisting action to the right, return to starting position, and twisting and turning to the left at the top of the movement. Visualizing your lower body as a corkscrew pushing into the ceiling. Repeat twisting to the left and right. Work up to 3 sets of 30 repetitions.