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Illustration of the Weighted Decline Crunch: Plate on the chest, curl up one vertebra at a time, do not yank the neck.
isolation · Core

Weighted Decline Crunch

Weighted Decline Crunch is an isolation core movement for abs, using Decline Bench and Iron Plates. It also works obliques. 3 sets of 10-15, 1 min rest.

Primary muscle
Abs
Equipment
Decline Bench and Iron Plates
Difficulty
Intermediate
Sets and reps
3 × 10-15
Rest
60s
Force
pull

How to do it

  1. 1
    Set up

    Ankles locked into the decline bench, plate hugged across the chest.

  2. 2
    The cue that matters

    Plate on the chest, curl up one vertebra at a time, do not yank the neck.

  3. 3
    Work it

    3 sets of 10-15, resting about 1 minute between them.

Muscles worked

Abs does most of the work. Obliques take the rest.

Abs exercisesobliques