Cycle Crunch Cues:
- Start exercise in a supine position (on back) on the floor: engage your core, make sure your sacrum (lower back) is flush against the ground, and place hands on head with elbows wide.
- Lift your shoulders, head, and legs off of the ground, using your core drive one knee toward your chest while you angle the opposite elbow toward that knee. (Does not have to touch if you are using obliques and pulling from your core and not your neck)
- Repeat to each side for one rep and continue for allotted time or reps.
Ideas for Exercise Uses:
- Perform as an active rest exercise between heavy lifts.
- Add to a core workout as an oblique exercise.
- Use as a bodyweight exercise for an outdoor HIIT workout.
Exercise Variations:
- Standing Knee Drive Twist (Beginner)
- Cycle Crunch (Intermediate)
- Resistance Cycle Crunch (Advanced)
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