Decline Oblique Crunch

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Decline Oblique Crunch — start position
Start
Decline Oblique Crunch — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryAbs

How to do it

  1. 01

    Secure your legs at the end of the decline bench and slowly lay down on the bench.

  2. 02

    Raise your upper body off the bench until your torso is about 35-45 degrees if measured from the floor.

  3. 03

    Put one hand beside your head and the other on your thigh. This will be your starting position.

  4. 04

    Raise your upper body slowly from the starting position while turning your torso to the left. Continue crunching up as you exhale until your right elbow touches your left knee. Hold this contracted position for a second. Tip: Focus on keeping your abs tight and keeping the movement slow and controlled.

  5. 05

    Lower your body back down slowly to the starting position as you inhale.

  6. 06

    After completing one set on the right for the recommended amount of repetitions, switch to your left side. Tip: Focus on really twisting your torso and feeling the contraction when you are in the up position.

In the app

Decline Oblique Crunch needs no kit, so it appears whenever the day's window has room for it. Its minutes come from Rule 2 (Sessions are built to fit, never guaranteed, graded product): the window sets how long it runs, never the other way round.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

Same pattern, with kit

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With other
With bodyweight
With machine
With cable

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