How to do the Reverse Crunch
- Lie on your back, knees bent, arms at your sides.
- Lift your feet, keeping knees bent, shins parallel to the floor.
- Curl your pelvis off the floor, drawing your knees toward your chest.
- Slowly lower your hips back down to the starting position.
Full technique — 7 steps
- Lie on your back with arms by your sides and knees bent to roughly 90 degrees.
- Lift your feet so your hips and knees stay bent, with shins hovering parallel to the floor.
- Press your lower back into the floor and tighten your stomach before each rep.
- Curl your pelvis off the floor by drawing your knees toward your chest.
- Lift only until your tailbone leaves the ground without swinging your legs overhead.
- Lower your hips back down slowly until your pelvis returns to the floor.
- Reset with knees still elevated and repeat without letting your lower back arch.
Common mistakes
- Swinging knees for momentum
- Kicking legs overhead
- Letting lower back arch
- Only moving at the hips
Form cues
- Curl pelvis, not legs
- Keep shins quiet
- Exhale on the curl
- Arms press into floor
