How to Do
How to Do Kneeling Oblique Crunch With Cable or Freemotion
The kneeling oblique crunch with cable or freemotion should begin with good posture to avoid injury. Brace the spine by drawing your lower abdomen inward. Your core muscles should be activated to support your posture as you perform the exercise.
If any pain is experienced, immediately stop the kneeling oblique crunch with cable or freemotion.
Beginning
Beginning Kneeling Oblique Crunch With Cable or Freemotion
1. Kneel with your back to the weights in front of an adjustable cable machine. Take the rope attachment and loop it over your neck, holding each end in front of your chest.
2. Crunch your torso down toward one hip using your abs. Return to the starting position after a brief pause.
Movement
Kneeling Oblique Crunch With Cable or Freemotion Movement
1. Face away from a Freemotion or cable machine while holding the rope handles across the top of your body.
2. You will be kneeling to perform this exercise.
3. Bend forward while simultaneously twisting with your hips, to the opposite side of your body.
4. Don't let your back arch while you complete this movement.
5. Return to the starting position. Continue for repetitions.
Benefits
Kneeling Oblique Crunch With Cable or Freemotion Benefits
The seated cable row is a pulling exercise that targets the back muscles in general, as well as the latissimus dorsi, or "lats," in particular. Because the biceps and triceps are dynamic stabilizers for this exercise, it also strengthens the forearm and upper arm muscles. The hamstrings and gluteus maximus are two other stabilizing muscles that come into play.
Exercise Aliases
How To Do Crunches on a Free Motion Machine, How To Do Kneeling Crunches, Cable Crunches, Oblique Crunches, Oblique Cable Crunch.