Cable Crunch

How to do it

1. Attach a rope to a high pulley and kneel a few feet back from the stack, facing it.
2. Hold the rope ends beside your head.
3. Keep your hips still and crunch by curling your ribs toward your pelvis.
4. Bring your elbows down toward your knees.
5. Return to the start under control.

Key cues

• Ribs toward the pelvis
• Hips stay put
• Arms don't pull
• Kneel tall to start
• Slow return

Common mistakes

• Pulling the rope down with your arms
• Shifting your hips forward
• Letting the weight stack yank you back up
• Folding at the hips instead of curling the spine

Muscles worked

Primary

Abs

Secondary

Obliques

Equipment

Cable machine and rope attachment.

References

1. StrengthLog: Cable Crunch
2. Liftosaur: Cable Crunch
3. Fitbod: Cable Crunch