Crunch - Hands Overhead
A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the abs, needing no equipment.
Starting position
End position
How to Do Crunch - Hands Overhead
- Lie on the floor with your back flat and knees bent with around a 60-degree angle between the hamstrings and the calves.
- Keep your feet flat on the floor and stretch your arms overhead with your palms crossed. This will be your starting position.
- 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.
- Slowly lower down to the starting position as you inhale.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles Worked
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Frequently Asked Questions
What muscles do crunch - hands overhead work?
Crunch - Hands Overhead primarily works the abs.
What equipment do I need for crunch - hands overhead?
None. Crunch - Hands Overhead is a bodyweight movement you can do anywhere you have floor space.
Crunch - Hands Overhead: is it suitable for beginners?
Yes. Crunch - Hands Overhead is rated beginner. Movements you can learn in a session, with a low skill floor and a forgiving failure mode.
What can I do instead of crunch - hands overhead?
Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends, Cable Crunch, Cable Reverse Crunch train the same primary muscles and are listed with 7 more alternatives above.
Can Fitnit count my crunch - hands overhead reps automatically?
Not automatically yet. Fitnit's AI rep counting covers push-ups, squats, dumbbell curls, crunches and pull-ups today; crunch - hands overhead can be logged manually in the app, and tracked movements are added over time.
Photographs and step-by-step instructions from free-exercise-db, a public-domain exercise dataset. Muscle mapping and alternatives by Fitnit.
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