Beginner exercise
Cross-Body Crunch
Technique
How to perform Cross-Body Crunch
- Lie on your back with knees bent and feet on the floor, touching your hands lightly behind your head.
- Curl one shoulder toward the opposite knee as that knee comes toward your torso.
- Turn through the trunk without pulling on your head or forcing elbow-to-knee contact.
- Lower your shoulder and foot back to the starting position.
- Repeat with the opposite shoulder and knee, alternating under control.
Programming relevance
Muscles involved
Primary targets: External Oblique, Internal Oblique, Rectus Abdominis.
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