2024年12月29日 · Crunches are an extremely effective compound-muscle ab exercise. When done correctly, they target your upper abdominal, lower abdominal, oblique, and lower back muscles, and have less risk of injury than traditional sit ups.

2024年7月15日 · Crunches can be a valuable tool in your core training toolbox — as long as you're doing them right. Here's how (and how not to) do crunches.

2 天之前 · Exercise Ball Crunch: Position your feet flat on the floor and your upper to mid-back on an exercise ball. Employing your abdominal muscles, compress your ribs in the direction of your pelvis. Slowly drop down over the ball after holding the crunch at the top for a count.

2019年9月26日 · In this article, we’ll look at the pros and cons of doing crunches, and how to do the exercise with good form. We’ll also explore alternative exercises that may be safer and more effective at ...

2024年2月10日 · Crunches are an easy exercise you can do at home to strengthen your abdominal muscles. Though it helps you strengthen your six-pack abs, it isn’t enough to reduce your belly fat. It also only targets the abdominal muscles by isolating them.

The crunch or curl-up is an abdominal exercise that works the rectus abdominis muscle. [1] . It enables both building and defining "six-pack" abs and tightening the belly.

Crunches are a staple of most ab workout plans, and rightfully so. They are easy to perform, require little to no equipment, and have a ton of variations. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced, there’s a crunch variation for you. The 15 best types of crunches are:

2023年11月16日 · A crunch is an abdominal exercise that primarily works your upper “six-pack” ab muscles, the rectus abdominis, and your obliques if you switch it up and do specific crunch variations. As a crunch only targets your abs, it is not a compound functional exercise like a plank but an isolation exercise focusing only on one specific muscle group.

2022年4月27日 · Crunches and situps can be great core exercises to tone the abs when performed correctly. Learn how to do a crunch the right way. A lot of people tend to pull their necks forward with their...

2022年12月12日 · Crunches are an isolation exercise that targets the rectus abdominis (aka “six pack” muscles), which is one of the major core muscles. A strong core helps protect and support the spine, and facilitates good posture. It is important in performing everyday movements safely and with ease, as well as for better athletic performance.