Abs · Body weight · Beginner
How to do Oblique Crunch
The oblique crunch is a bodyweight exercise targeting the abdominal muscles, with a focus on the obliques. It involves a rotational crunch movement to engage the side muscles of the core.
- Primary muscle
- Abs
- Also works
- Obliques
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Level
- Beginner
- Category
- Abs
How to do Oblique Crunch, step by step
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the ground.
- Place your hands behind your head or cross them over your chest.
- Engage your abs and lift your shoulder blades off the ground, rotating your torso to one side.
- Pause for a moment, then lower your shoulder blades back down to the starting position.
- Repeat on the other side.
- Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.
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Muscles worked
Oblique Crunch works your abs as the main mover, with help from your obliques.
Track Oblique Crunch in SPLYT
Oblique Crunch 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.
