Beginner exercise
Cable Crunch
Technique
How to perform Cable Crunch
- Attach a rope to a high cable pulley and kneel facing the machine.
- Hold the rope beside your head, with your hips slightly bent and torso controlled.
- Keep the hip angle and arm position steady as you curl your ribs toward your pelvis.
- Let your elbows move toward your thighs as a result of the torso curl rather than pulling them down with your arms.
- Uncurl the torso slowly to the starting position without letting the cable pull you into forced lower-back extension.
- Repeat the controlled spinal curl.
Programming relevance
Muscles involved
Primary targets: Rectus Abdominis.