Elbow to Knee
Trains the abdominals. No equipment needed. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Elbow to Knee
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a abdominals exercise that is, there are 9 on the Abdominals page.
Muscles worked
What Elbow to Knee trains
Technique
How to do the Elbow to Knee
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and your hands placed lightly behind your head, elbows out to the sides.
- Engage your core and lift your shoulder blades off the floor, rotating your torso to bring your right elbow toward your left knee as you draw the knee in toward your chest.
- Lower back to the starting position with control.
- Repeat on the opposite side, bringing your left elbow toward your right knee. Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Rotate from your torso rather than pulling on your neck with your hands.
- Exhale as you crunch and rotate, and inhale as you return to the starting position.
- Perform the movement slowly and with control to keep constant tension on your obliques.
- Keep your lower back pressed into the floor throughout the exercise.
Substitutes
Swap Elbow to Knee for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Elbow to Knee for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.