Crunch - Hands Overhead

How to do the Crunch - Hands Overhead

1. Lie on the floor with your back flat and knees bent with around a 60-degree angle between the hamstrings and the calves.
2. Keep your feet flat on the floor and stretch your arms overhead with your palms crossed. This will be your starting position.
3. Curl your upper body forward and bring your shoulder blades just off the floor. At all times, keep your arms aligned with your head, neck and shoulder. Don't move them forward from that position. Exhale as you perform this portion of the movement and hold the contraction for a second.
4. Slowly lower down to the starting position as you inhale.
5. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Role	Muscles
Primary	abs
Equipment	no equipment
Difficulty	beginner
Type	isolation

Train the same muscles a different way

6 alternatives for the same abs, with and without kit.

Dumbbell Side Bend Dumbbell Exercise Ball Crunch Exercise Ball Weighted Ball Side Bend Exercise Ball Spell Caster Dumbbell Weighted Crunches Medicine Ball Barbell Side Bend Barbell

Harder than the Crunch - Hands Overhead

Hanging Pike expert · Bodyweight Bent Press expert · Kettlebell Barbell Ab Rollout - On Knees expert · Barbell

Superset the Crunch - Hands Overhead with

Opposing lower back work — alternate sets without extra rest.

Hyperextensions With No Hyperextension Bench lower back Hyperextensions (Back Extensions) lower back Stiff Leg Barbell Good Morning lower back Barbell Deadlift lower back

Common questions

What muscles does the Crunch - Hands Overhead work?

The Crunch - Hands Overhead primarily works the abs. Ab Crunch Machine, Alternate Heel Touchers, and Barbell Side Bend train the same muscle, across 9 equipment types.

What equipment do you need for the Crunch - Hands Overhead?

None — the Crunch - Hands Overhead is bodyweight, so it works at home, in a hotel room or outdoors. Ab Crunch Machine and Alternate Heel Touchers also need nothing.

Is the Crunch - Hands Overhead suitable for beginners?

Yes, the Crunch - Hands Overhead is rated beginner. Hanging Pike, Bent Press, and Barbell Ab Rollout - On Knees are the progressions from here.

Where should the Crunch - Hands Overhead go in a workout?

Late — the Crunch - Hands Overhead is isolation work, so it follows your compounds. Supersetting it with Hyperextensions With No Hyperextension Bench and Hyperextensions (Back Extensions) cuts session time without extra rest.

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