# Cable Reverse Crunch

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/cable-reverse-crunch

Also known as: Lying Cable Reverse Crunch, Cable Knee Tuck, Cable Tuck 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](https://heatsy.app/ex/reverse-crunch)
- [Hanging Leg Raise](https://heatsy.app/ex/hanging-leg-raise)
- [Cable Crunch](https://heatsy.app/ex/cable-crunch)