Reverse Crunch

Exercise Animation

Exercise Details

Equipment

bodyweight

Difficulty

Beginner

Type

isolation

Muscle Focus

Primary Muscles
abs

Instructions

  1. 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. 2.Pull knees towards your chest and slightly lift your pelvis off the floor, focusing on contracting your abdominal muscles.
  3. 3.Hold the contraction for 2 seconds and then slowly return back to the starting position.
  4. 4.Repeat for as many repetitions as required.

Tips

  • Don't use momentum to do the movement, focus on slow controlled movement.

Breathing Instructions

Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the cocentric (elevation) portion.

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