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Strength exercises Β· Core

Reverse crunch

Difficulty Core stability

How to perform it

Lying down, pull your bent knees toward your chest while lifting the pelvis – targets the lower rectus abdominis, with the obliques and deep transversus assisting. Drive the movement by lifting the pelvis, not by swinging the legs.

Video demo

Equipment

No equipment (bodyweight)

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Internal obliques (not on the surface map)
  • Rectus abdominis
  • Transverse abdominis (not on the surface map)

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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Crunch variations

Exercise family Β· pattern: Core stability

1 family Β· 2 variationsDifficulty

Difficulty describes how demanding the execution is. It is not a recommended training order.