Seated Lean Backs / Chair Crunches
How to Do Seated Lean Backs / Chair Crunches
- Seat yourself comfortably at the edge of a solid chair, with your back straight and unsupported. Keep your feet planted about hip-width apart
- With your arms crossed on your chest and hands flat on your shoulders (like Dracula) , find a stable comfort point with your glutes. This is the starting position
- When ready, inhale and using your core for control, gently lean backward until your upper back comes into very light contact with the back of the chair
- Exhale and contract your core to bring your body back up to the starting position
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Seated Lean Backs / Chair Crunches Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Seated Lean Backs / Chair Crunches targets abs and lower back and also works glutes & hip flexors. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is an at-home exercise. Equipment required: no equipment.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Seated lumbar rotations / chair twists, bear crawls and resistance / weighted crunches. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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