Reverse crunches

How to do it

1. Set upLie on your back with your legs extended low along the floor and your arms by your sides.
2. MoveDraw your knees up toward your chest and curl your hips a little off the floor, then lower your hips and slide your legs back out slowly.
3. Watch forSwinging your legs to get momentum. The lift is small and it comes from your lower abs.

Easier or harder

Easier

Deadbugs: same start position, less load.

Harder

Reverse crunch + leg lift: straighten your legs to the ceiling.

What it works

Muscles

Core

Position

On your back

Intensity

Easy Easy

Impact

No jumping

Swap it for

• Crunches
• Butterfly crunches
• Crunch hold + pulses
• Reverse crunch + leg lift
• Heel taps
• Deadbugs

In these workouts

• 15-Minute Core HIIT Workout