Weighted Straight Leg Toe Touch Crunch

Perform the Weighted Straight Leg Toe Touch Crunch to engage your core and improve flexibility.

  1. Lie on your back with your legs straight and hold a weight above your chest.
  2. Lift your legs off the ground while keeping them straight.
  3. Crunch your upper body towards your toes, reaching the weight forward.
  4. Lower back down with control and repeat.

How to perform the Weighted Straight Leg Toe Touch Crunch

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Weighted Straight Leg Toe Touch Crunch using your free weights.
  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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