crunch
Lie on your back with knees bent, feet flat on the floor hip-width apart. Place hands lightly behind your head, supporting the neck, or cross them over your chest.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Abs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Rectus Abdominis
Secondary muscles
- Obliques
- Transverse Abdominis
Target muscles
- abs
How to perform
- 1
Lie on your back with knees bent, feet flat on the floor hip-width apart.
- 2
Place hands lightly behind your head, supporting the neck, or cross them over your chest.
- 3
Engage your core, drawing your navel towards your spine, and gently tuck your chin.
- 4
Exhale as you slowly curl your head and shoulders off the floor, bringing your ribs towards your hips.
- 5
Pause briefly at the top, feeling the contraction in your abs, ensuring your lower back remains pressed into the floor.
- 6
Inhale as you slowly lower your upper body back to the starting position with control.
Safety & form
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