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Long Arm Crunch
Muscles involved
The long arm crunch keeps your arms extended overhead as you curl up. The longer lever makes your abs work harder without adding any weight.
How to do it
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, then extend your arms straight back on the floor behind your head.
- Engage your core and lift your head, shoulders, and arms off the floor, reaching your hands towards the ceiling.
- Pause at the top of the crunch, feeling a strong contraction in your upper abs.
- Slowly lower your upper body and arms back to the starting position.
Equipment required
Muscles worked
Tips
- Reach your arms as far forward as you can to increase the lever arm. - Lift your head, neck, and shoulders off the floor together. - Squeeze your upper abs hard at the top of the movement. - Lower your body slowly and with control.
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IntermedioFrequently asked questions
Long Arm Crunch: which muscles does it work?
Long Arm Crunch mainly works: Abs. It also involves: Rectus abdominis.
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