Main muscle
Beginner
Standing cable crunch
Standing facing the high pulley with a rope at your head, crunching forward and down.
- Works
- Abs
- Equipment
- Cable station
How to do it
- 1Attach a rope to the high pulley, face it and hold the rope by your head.
- 2Stand with your feet hip width apart and knees soft.
- 3Crunch forward and down, bringing your ribs towards your hips.
- 4Return slowly.
Coach's tips
- Your hips stay still. Only your upper body curls.
Cable station taken? Do this instead
Same muscles, different equipment. Closest match first.