Abs · Body weight · Beginner
How to do Crunch Floor
The floor crunch is the basic ab exercise: lying on your back with knees bent, curl your shoulders off the floor by shortening your abs, then lower with control. It needs no equipment, only a little floor space.
- Primary muscle
- Abs
- Also works
- Hip flexors
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Level
- Beginner
- Category
- Abs
How to do Crunch Floor, step by step
- Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the ground.
- Place your hands behind your head with your elbows pointing outwards.
- Engage your abs and lift your shoulders off the ground, curling forward towards your knees.
- Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower your shoulders back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Muscles worked
Crunch Floor works your abs as the main mover, with help from your hip flexors.
Track Crunch Floor in SPLYT
Crunch Floor is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.
