CoreBeginnerIsolation
Crunch
Lying crunch, lifting the shoulders off the floor.
Benefits
- Simple abs work anywhere
- Easy to learn
How to do it
- Hands by the temples, not pulling the neck
- Curl the ribs towards the hips
- Lower slowly
Common mistakes
- Yanking the neck
- Using momentum
Starting prescription
- sets
- 3
- reps
- 12–20
- Rest
- 45 s
- Reps in reserve
- 2
Safety and limitations
- Neck · Modify
With a moderate neck limitation: lighter load, shorter range, stop if it hurts. - Lower back · Modify
With a severe lower-back limitation: lighter load, shorter range, stop if it hurts.
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