Abs
Bodyweight Crunch
Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head or across your chest.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Focus Area
- Abs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Rectus Abdominis
Secondary muscles
- Obliques
Target muscles
- abs
How to perform
- 1
Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
- 2
Place your hands behind your head or across your chest.
- 3
Engage your core and contract your abdominal muscles.
- 4
Lift your shoulders slightly off the floor, bringing your ribs toward your pelvis.
- 5
Pause briefly at the top, squeezing your abs.
- 6
Slowly return to the starting position under control.
- 7
Repeat for desired reps.
Safety & form
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