Cable Tuck Reverse Crunch
Description
The cable tuck reverse crunch is an advanced core exercise performed lying on your back with a cable strap or band attached to your feet. You pull your knees toward your chest against the cable resistance. It adds progressive overload to the lower-ab reverse crunch — a rare loaded option for the lower abs.
Equipment Required
Cable Tuck Reverse Crunch Instructions
- Lie on your back on the floor in front of a low cable pulley with ankle straps attached.
- Attach the straps to your ankles. Position yourself so the cable is taut with legs extended.
- Brace your core. Place your hands at your sides for stability.
- Pull your knees toward your chest by contracting your lower abs and hip flexors.
- Continue until your knees are over your chest. Lift your hips slightly off the floor at the top.
- Squeeze your lower abs hard.
- Slowly extend your legs back to the start under control. Maintain cable tension.
- Repeat for the desired number of reps. Use moderate weight.
Cable Tuck Reverse Crunch Form & Visual
Cable Tuck Reverse Crunch Benefits
- Adds cable resistance to lower-ab training
- One of the few loaded lower-ab options
- Constant cable tension throughout
- Builds visible lower-ab strength
- Easy to load progressively
- Lying position eliminates hip-flexor cheating
Cable Tuck Reverse Crunch Muscles Worked
- Rectus abdominis (especially lower)
- Hip flexors
- Obliques
- Transverse abdominis
Cable Tuck Reverse Crunch Variations & Alternatives
- Reverse Crunch (bodyweight)
- Hanging Leg Raise
- Leg Raise Hip Lift
- Lying Leg Raise
- Stability Ball Tuck
