You can either place your hands behind your head, or you can cross your arms over your chest. There are two common positions for your hands while performing crunches, and Taylor has a preference. Strengthening the muscles involved in this movement pattern will help you continue to execute it safely in your day-to-day. Overall, a strong core supports just about every movement you do.Īnd the crunch movement does show up in your everyday life - think about how you get out of bed in the morning or get up from a couch or lying on the floor. Better stability means better balance, lifting, postural control, and power production, plus minimized aches and pains, particularly in the lower back. The muscles utilized during crunches are important stabilizing muscles in the body. The Benefits of CrunchesĬrunches utilize and strengthen your rectus abdominis (the ab muscle along the front of your stomach), internal and external obliques (which wrap around the sides of your stomach), transverse abdominis (your deepest, corset-like ab muscle), and hip flexors, Taylor says.
DUMBBELL REVERSE CRUNCH HOW TO
POPSUGAR spoke with Grace Taylor, PT, DPT at H&D Physical Therapy, to learn everything you need to know about this classic core move, including whether it's actually worth your time, how to do crunches correctly, and plenty of crunch exercise variations that work your abs in different ways. Like all exercises, crunches work best - and make you the least susceptible to injury - when they're done with proper form. But while they may seem ubiquitous - heck, they're even part of the dreaded Presidential Fitness Test - they aren't the only way to strengthen your abs. Crunches are a classic core-strengthening exercise. Whether you're a frequent or infrequent gym-goer, there's a good chance you've done crunches. Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Chaunté Vaughn Product Credit: Full Court sports bra, Full Court biker shorts, APL sneakers
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