Crunch (Weighted)
Trains the abdominals. No equipment needed. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Crunch (Weighted)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a abdominals exercise that is, there are 9 on the Abdominals page.
Muscles worked
What Crunch (Weighted) trains
Technique
How to do the Crunch (Weighted)
- Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, holding a weight plate or dumbbell against your chest with both hands.
- Engage your core and curl your shoulders and upper back off the floor, bringing your chest toward your knees.
- Pause briefly at the top of the movement, squeezing your abdominals.
- Slowly lower your shoulders back to the floor with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your lower back on the floor; a crunch is a short range of motion, not a full sit-up.
- Hold the weight firmly against your chest so it does not shift during the movement.
- Exhale as you crunch up and inhale as you lower back down.
- Avoid tucking your chin to your chest; keep a fist-sized gap between chin and chest.
Substitutes
Swap Crunch (Weighted) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Crunch (Weighted) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.