Kneeling Cable Crunches
- Kneel in front of a cable station with a rope attachment connected to the top pulley.
- Grip the rope attachment and place your wrists against your forehead.
- Flex your hips slightly to take the weight and to hyperextend your lower back.
- Keeping your hips stationary, bend at the waist so that your elbows travel down towards the middle of your thighs. Hold for a count of one.
- Return to the start position in a controlled movement and repeat.
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Kneeling cable crunches is a gym work out exercise that targets abs and also involves forearms. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Planks / reaches, bosu ball side planks and hindu / judo push-up / dive bombers are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as kneeling cable crunches. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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