Common cable crunch mistakes 😲 #laurensimpson

COMMON MISTAKES:
CABLE CRUNCHES 💪🏼

Cable crunches are an isolation exercise and target your abs in the mid-shortened range.

❌Common mistakes:

-Keeping a flat back/neutral spine. This means all the movement is coming from your hips.
-Using arms to pull down the rope. They shouldn’t be assisting the movement.
-Too much lower body movement. Your butt shouldn’t be going up and down drastically as your crunch.
-Too much momentum and ROM. This is an isolation exercise. It’s a small range you should be working.

✅Form tips:

-The movement should come from your spine. The goal is spinal flexion. As @coachmarkcarroll says ‘roll up your spine’. That cue has stuck with me. You should first initiate the movement with your lower abs tucking under and then rolling your spine from there - kinda like a ‘double crunch’. I try get my elbows to my knees. On the way back up get to a full stretch (while keeping your lower body fixed) and then crunch back down. Imagine bringing down your chest and rolling it up to your belly button.

-Keep your chin tucked and hands and arms fixed.

-Keep your chin tucked and hands and arms fixed.

-Controlled reps & short ROM.

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[dwu]

How do you prevent yourself from falling forward when doing this exercise?

[גבריאלמומחהלדיקורסיני]

Do u squeeze core always or just when crunching?