Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists
A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the abs, using a cable machine.
Starting position
End position
How to Do Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists
- Connect a rope attachment to a high pulley cable and position a mat on the floor in front of it.
- Grab the rope with both hands and kneel approximately two feet back from the tower.
- Position the rope behind your head with your hands by your ears.
- Keep your hands in the same place, contract your abs and pull downward on the rope in a crunching movement until your elbows reach your knees.
- Pause briefly at the bottom and rise up in a slow and controlled manner until you reach the starting position.
- Repeat the same downward movement until you're halfway down, at which time you'll begin rotating one of your elbows to the opposite knee.
- Again, pause briefly at the bottom and rise up in a slow and controlled manner until you reach the starting position.
- Repeat the same movement as before, but alternate the other elbow to the opposite knee.
- Continue this series of movements to failure.
Muscles Worked
Alternatives to Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists
10 movements that train the same primary muscle, closest substitutes first — same kind of training, then variations of the movement itself, then a similar difficulty.
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Decline Oblique Crunch
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Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends
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Cable Crunch
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Cable Reverse Crunch
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Cable Russian Twists
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Cable Seated Crunch
A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the abs, using a cable machine.
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Cross-Body Crunch
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Crunch - Hands Overhead
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Crunch - Legs On Exercise Ball
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Decline Reverse Crunch
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Frequently Asked Questions
What muscles do kneeling cable crunch with alternating oblique twists work?
Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists primarily works the abs.
What equipment do I need for kneeling cable crunch with alternating oblique twists?
Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists uses cable machine.
Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists: is it suitable for beginners?
Yes. Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists 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 kneeling cable crunch with alternating oblique twists?
Decline Oblique Crunch, Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends, Cable Crunch train the same primary muscles and are listed with 7 more alternatives above.
Can Fitnit count my kneeling cable crunch with alternating oblique twists reps automatically?
Not automatically yet. Fitnit's AI rep counting covers push-ups, squats, dumbbell curls, crunches and pull-ups today; kneeling cable crunch with alternating oblique twists 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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