Reverse Crunch
Quick answer
Reverse Crunch is a beginner isolation bodyweight exercise that mainly works the abs.
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Muscles worked
Primary
How to do Reverse Crunch
- 1
Lie on the floor with knees bent and hands flat on the floor beside your body. Raise you feet off the ground and have them in a 90 degree position. This is your starting position.
- 2
Pull knees towards your chest and slightly lift your pelvis off the floor, focusing on contracting your abdominal muscles.
- 3
Hold the contraction for 2 seconds and then slowly return back to the starting position.
Form cues
- Don't use momentum to do the movement, focus on slow controlled movement.
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