Weighted straight arm crunch

Muscles worked: Abs
Abs
🔧 plate 🔄 Also works with dumbbell, kettlebell ↕ Pull 🏋️ kg × reps Difficulty: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Muscle outlines from Body Muscles by Ivan Vulović, Apache 2.0 — regrouped and recoloured for Muscle Train.

How to perform

Lie on your back, knees bent, feet flat. Hold a weight plate/dumbbell overhead. Engage your core, lift shoulders and upper back off the mat, keeping arms straight. Hold briefly, then slowly lower. Repeat.

Tips

Keep arms straight (not locked). Engage abs, avoid using neck or arms. Exhale on lift, inhale on lower. Start light, focus on form. Control the movement.

Similar exercises

Dumbbell crunch Abs · 🔧 Dumbbells 2/10 Crunch Abs · 🔧 no equipment 2/10 Dumbbell push crunch Abs · 🔧 Dumbbells 2/10 Machine seated crunch Abs · 🔧 Machine 2/10 Machine ab crunch Abs · 🔧 AB Crunch Machine 2/10 Seated alternate crunch Abs · 🔧 no equipment 2/10 Bicycle crunch Abs · 🔧 no equipment 2/10 Kettlebell crunch Abs · 🔧 Kettlebell 2/10
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