All training resources
Exercise guide
Decline Crunch
A crunch performed on a decline bench, increasing the range of motion and resistance on the abs.
What this exercise works
- Muscles
- rectus abdominis · hip flexors · obliques
- Goals
- hypertrophy
- Equipment
- No equipment
- Category
- Strength
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Demonstration
Step 1
Step 2
How to perform the movement
- Secure your feet at the top of a decline bench.
- Lie back with hands crossed on your chest or behind your head.
- Crunch up by flexing your spine toward your knees.
- Squeeze your abs at the top.
- Lower under control and repeat.
Technique cues and common mistakes
- Curl your spine up rather than pulling on your neck.
- Exhale as you crunch and squeeze the abs at the top.
- Lower slowly instead of dropping back to the bench.