Cross-Body Crunch
Exercise Animation
Exercise Details
Equipment
bodyweight
Difficulty
Beginner
Type
isolation
Muscle Focus
Primary Muscles
abs
Secondary Muscles
obliques
Instructions
- 1.Lie down on the floor with your knees bent and your hands behind your head. This is your starting position.
- 2.Lift your right leg up and crunch up, liting your upper back & shoulder off the floor and twisting, bringing your left elbow towards your right knee.
- 3.Pause the contraction for a moment at this point then slowly return to the starting position.
- 4.Repeat the action on the other side.
- 5.Repeat for as many repetitions as required.
Tips
- When moving your elbow towards the knee, try to move the shoulder aswell, twisting as much as you can and focusing on the contraction of the abs.
- Variation: you can do all your reps on one side then do all your reps again on the other side.
Breathing Instructions
Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the cocentric (elevation) portion.
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