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Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists

How to do the Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Abs

Secondary

Equipment

Cable

Step by step

How to do the Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists

  1. 1

    Connect a rope attachment to a high pulley cable and position a mat on the floor in front of it.

  2. 2

    Grab the rope with both hands and kneel approximately two feet back from the tower.

  3. 3

    Position the rope behind your head with your hands by your ears.

  4. 4

    Keep your hands in the same place, contract your abs and pull downward on the rope in a crunching movement until your elbows reach your knees.

  5. 5

    Pause briefly at the bottom and rise up in a slow and controlled manner until you reach the starting position.

  6. 6

    Repeat the same downward movement until you're halfway down, at which time you'll begin rotating one of your elbows to the opposite knee.

  7. 7

    Again, pause briefly at the bottom and rise up in a slow and controlled manner until you reach the starting position.

  8. 8

    Repeat the same movement as before, but alternate the other elbow to the opposite knee.

  9. 9

    Continue this series of movements to failure.

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Every Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your abs volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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