cable seated crunch

Abs

• Target muscles: abs, obliques
• Equipment: gym machine
• Level: intermediate

How to do it

1. Sit on a cable machine with your feet flat on the ground and your knees bent.
2. Hold the cable handle with both hands and position it behind your head.
3. Engage your abs and slowly curl your upper body forward, bringing your chest towards your knees.
4. Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly return to the starting position.
5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Swap it for

• Wall sit side bend
• Oblique Crunch v.2
• Cross-body crunch
• Heel touches
• Weighted Crunch
• cable kneeling crunch

Harder

• hanging straight twisting leg hip raise
• TRX Knee Tuck, Feet in Straps
• Weighted Hanging Leg and Hip Raise
• Gorilla pull-up

Easier

• Heel touches
• Cross-body crunch
• Elbow to knee crunch
• Oblique Crunch v.2