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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 43, and Japanese (culture of sitting on the floor, where women are taught to get up from kneeling without using hands, because they’re carrying trays and such).

Sitting/kneeling? Without a second thought, since my hands are often full anyway.
Lying down? I prefer to use knees and hands, but sometimes for fun I do it without. Abs!

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Yes, I love doing ab roll ups and roll downs! Lie on your back with your legs extended, then use your abs to roll your upper body up off the ground to a seated position, keeping your legs extended and connect to the floor the entire time. It is useful to extend your arms towards your legs with your palms up, for some reason this helps me figure out how to engage my abs and "lift" with them.

Then reverse the motion for sitting back down to lying on the ground, again without lifting your legs or bending your knees.

It's okay if at first you are kind of crunching your body forward in order to create momentum up and down, but the goal should be to smooth the motion out so that it's really just your abs lifting and lowering, without using your head/neck/shoulders to great momentum into the roll.

Great functional exercise you can do at home while watching TV or reading a book or listening to a podcast that can genuinely increase overall fitness![/quote]

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