Cable Reverse Crunch

Body region

• Core

Muscles

Main

• Rectus Abdominis

Helps

• External Oblique
• Internal Oblique
• Iliopsoas

Holds

• Transversus Abdominis
• Rectus Femoris

Equipment

• Cable Station

Technique

1. Attach ankle straps to a low pulley and lie on your back with your feet toward the machine.
2. Bend the hips and knees to 90 degrees and hold the floor or a fixed object behind your head.
3. Curl the hips off the floor, drawing the knees toward the chest.
4. Lower the hips slowly back to the floor against the pull of the cable.

Cues

• Lift by rolling the pelvis up, not by swinging the legs.
• Pause briefly with the hips off the floor.

Common mistakes

• Kicking the legs out to move the weight.
• Letting the cable yank the legs back.
• Using a load so heavy the lower back arches.

Alternatives

• Reverse Crunch
• Hanging Leg Raise
• Cable Crunch