Lever Seated Full Crunch

The Lever Seated Full Crunch targets your abdominal muscles effectively. This exercise helps in building core strength and stability.

  1. Adjust the seat height and sit down with your back against the pad.
  2. Grab the handles and engage your core.
  3. Exhale as you crunch forward, bringing your elbows towards your knees.
  4. Inhale as you return to the starting position.

How to perform the Lever Seated Full Crunch

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Lever Seated Full Crunch using your leverage machine.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your abdominals.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your abdominals rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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