Oblique Crunch
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 Oblique Crunch
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 Oblique Crunch trains
Technique
How to do the Oblique Crunch
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head, keeping your elbows wide.
- Engage your core muscles and lift your upper back off the floor, rotating your abdomen to raise your right elbow towards the ceiling.
- Squeeze your obliques at the top of the movement and slowly lower your upper back to the starting position with control.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides to work the opposite oblique.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Exhale as you lift and rotate your upper body, and inhale as you lower it back down.
- Avoid pulling on your neck with your hands; let your abs do the work.
- Focus on engaging your oblique muscles throughout the movement.
Substitutes
Swap Oblique Crunch for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Oblique Crunch 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.