Lever Lying Crunch

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Instructions Preparation Lie on machine with legs over pads or feet on foot bar. Grasp bars near head at each side. Execution With hips stationary, raise upper back pad by flexing waist. Return and repeat. Comments Lever fulcrum should be alligned with waist, not hips. Some lever lying crunch machines have handles to sides. See Spot Reduction Myth.

Classification  Utility: Auxiliary  Mechanics: Isolated  Force: Pull Muscles Target Rectus Abdominis Synergists Obliques Stabilizers Pectoralis Major, Sternal Latissimus Dorsi Teres Major Deltoid, Posterior Triceps, Long Head