Lying with the shoulders curled up, one elbow turns toward the drawing-in opposite knee as the other leg reaches long, in a slow pedalling rhythm: in ACE's study it ranked first of 13 exercises for the rectus abdominis and second for the obliques.
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Lying with the shoulders curled up, one elbow turns toward the drawing-in opposite knee as the other leg reaches long, in a slow pedalling rhythm: in ACE's study it ranked first of 13 exercises for the rectus abdominis and second for the obliques.
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