Ab crunch machine: How to Do It, Muscles Worked

Step by step

Sit tall, feet under pads, hands on the handles.
Exhale and curl your ribs toward your hips.
Pause, then return slowly without dropping the weight.

What you should feel

A squeeze in your abs as your ribs curl toward your hips; your neck and lower back should not strain.

Common mistake

Pulling with your arms and legs instead of your abs; use lighter weight and curl from your midsection.

Sets and reps

To build muscle: 3 to 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps, resting 1 to 2 minutes.
It isolates one muscle, so it works best after your bigger lifts, with 10 to 15 reps.

Works

Abs

Helps

Hip flexors

Equipment

Machines

Alternatives for the same muscles

No machine, no barbell, or something hurts? These work the same muscles.

PlankAbs

Hanging knee raiseAbs, Hip flexors

Pallof pressAbs, Obliques

Dead bugAbs

CrunchAbs

Cable crunchAbs

Questions

What muscles does the ab crunch machine work?

Ab crunch machine mainly works your abs. It also helps your hip flexors.

Can I do the ab crunch machine at home?

Not easily, it needs this: machines. At home, try instead: plank, hanging knee raise, and dead bug.

How many sets and reps of the ab crunch machine?

To build muscle: 3 to 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps, resting 1 to 2 minutes. It isolates one muscle, so it works best after your bigger lifts, with 10 to 15 reps.

Warm up for 5 to 10 minutes first. Stop if something hurts (sharp pain, not effort), and check with a doctor if you have a health condition. Photos: Free Exercise DB (public domain).

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