Decline 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 Decline 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 Decline Crunch (Weighted) trains
Technique
How to do the Decline Crunch (Weighted)
- Set a decline bench to a moderate angle and lie back on it with your feet secured under the footpads. Hold a weight plate or dumbbell against your chest with both hands.
- Engage your core and curl your shoulders and upper back off the bench, bringing your chest toward your knees.
- Pause briefly at the top, squeezing your abdominals.
- Slowly lower your torso back to the bench with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Hold the weight securely against your chest so it does not shift as you move.
- Choose a weight that allows slow, controlled repetitions without jerking.
- Exhale as you crunch up and inhale as you lower back down.
- Avoid yanking your torso up with momentum; keep the movement driven by your abs.
Substitutes
Swap Decline Crunch (Weighted) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Decline 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.