Intermediate exercise

Decline Reverse Crunch

  • Muscle Growth
  • Bodybuilding

Technique

How to perform Decline Reverse Crunch

  1. Lie with your head at the higher end of the decline bench and hold its upper support with both hands.
  2. Keep your legs together and extend them near horizontal with a slight bend in your knees.
  3. Draw your knees toward your chest, bending them as you curl your pelvis upward and lift your hips from the pad.
  4. Pause briefly without swinging your legs or pulling your torso up with your arms.
  5. Lower your pelvis onto the pad, then extend your legs back toward the starting position under control.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Rectus Abdominis.

MuscleScoreRole
Rectus Abdominis1.0Target, Mover, Stabilizer
External Oblique0.5Mover, Stabilizer
Internal Oblique0.5Mover, Stabilizer

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