Cable Crunch

How to do it

1. Kneel below a high pulley and grasp the rope attachment with both hands, resting the ends near your ears or forehead.
2. Set your hips stacked over your knees and brace your core before you begin the movement.
3. Curl your torso downward by rounding the spine and drawing your ribs toward your hips, flexing through the core.
4. Pause briefly at the bottom before slowly returning to the upright kneeling position, keeping the hips still throughout.
5. Exhale sharply as you crunch down and inhale as you uncurl back to the start.
6. Avoid pulling with the arms or hinging at the hips; the movement should come from spinal flexion alone.

Muscles worked

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