Decline Reverse Crunch

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

How to do it

  1. 01

    Lie on your back on a decline bench and hold on to the top of the bench with both hands. Don't let your body slip down from this position.

  2. 02

    Hold your legs parallel to the floor using your abs to hold them there while keeping your knees and feet together. Tip: Your legs should be fully extended with a slight bend on the knee. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    While exhaling, move your legs towards the torso as you roll your pelvis backwards and you raise your hips off the bench. At the end of this movement your knees will be touching your chest.

  4. 04

    Hold the contraction for a second and move your legs back to the starting position while inhaling.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Decline Reverse 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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