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Instructions:

  • 1Lie down on your back with your arms resting at your sides
  • 2Lift your feet off the floor and raise your legs in the air while keeping them straight.
  • 3Bring one knee towards your chest while keeping the other leg straight.
  • 4Straighten this knee and simultaneously bring the other knee towards the chest by bending it.
  • 5Create a rhythm of alternatively bending and straightening your knee (as you are riding a bicycle).

Tips:

  • Avoid lifting your back off the floor.
  • Do not rest your feet on the floor until the repetitions are complete.
  • Avoid breath-holding.

Bicycles Muscles Worked

Arms

Back

Core

Legs