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Movement · Waist

Oblique Crunches Floor

Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head or cross them over your chest. Engage your abs and lift your shoulder blades off the floor, rotating your torso to one side. Pause for a moment, then lower your shoulder blades back down to the floor. Repeat on the other side, alternating sides with each repetition.

TargetAbs
Equipmentbody weight
Body partWaist

Technique

How to Perform

  1. 1

    Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.

  2. 2

    Place your hands behind your head or cross them over your chest.

  3. 3

    Engage your abs and lift your shoulder blades off the floor, rotating your torso to one side.

  4. 4

    Pause for a moment, then lower your shoulder blades back down to the floor.

  5. 5

    Repeat on the other side, alternating sides with each repetition.

Muscles worked

Target and supporting

Target

Abs

Secondary

Obliques

Training plans

Found in these plans

No current ScoreDive plan references this exercise.

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