Cable Crunches HELLLLLLPPP!!!!

Velvet · 11-17-2004, 11:12 AM

Hi alll

Here's the problem...I'm trying to increase the weight on my cable crunches, however...when I inch up the weight stack, my body isn't heavy enuff to keep me on the floor

I don't have a partner to sit on me either

that option is out! There's just gotta be a way around this...thoughts, insights, offers to hold me down are welcome!

lilguy_bigdream · 11-17-2004, 11:50 AM

you know the tricep extention cable?
the upright one just use that and just crunch your abs.
i have the same problem cuz i only wiegh 150 and this seems to help

GoalGetter · 11-17-2004, 11:52 AM

At my gym there is a newer machine where you strap these things across your chest, and you stand with your back against a backrest. it's essentially a cable crunch but you're standing upright and crunching from that position with the weight/cables attached to your torso. Pretty nifty, though I've never used it myself.

Velvet · 11-17-2004, 11:54 AM

hummm...ya, attach it to the lower pully...doh! I've only seen people use it from the high pulley...makes more sense

thanks

Velvet · 11-17-2004, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoalGetter

At my gym there is a newer machine where you strap these things across your chest, and you stand with your back against a backrest. it's essentially a cable crunch but you're standing upright and crunching from that position with the weight/cables attached to your torso. Pretty nifty, though I've never used it myself.

does sound nifty...we don't have anything like that tho!

**CowPimp** · 11-17-2004, 12:32 PM

Instead of having a partner sit on you, have a 45 pound plate sit on you...

ponyboy · 11-17-2004, 12:43 PM

Try a different exercise: Crunches on a Swiss Ball. Hold a weight on your upper chest and do crunches this way. Make sure you're not using your hip flexors and lower back to do the movement, which is probably what you're mostly doing during heavy cable crunches.

Rissole · 11-17-2004, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Instead of having a partner sit on you, have a 45 pound plate sit on you...

I was gunna say that.... Put the plate on the back of your legs, also what ponyboy said. Change it up

Velvet · 11-18-2004, 06:22 AM

Thanks boys...and ladies! I'll try some of these suggestions, I'd really like to keep the cable crunches as I find them very effective...and it hurts to laugh the next day

's all around

11-17-2004, 11:12 AM	#1
Velvet Leaning Out Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 4,542 Photos: 2	Cable Crunches HELLLLLLPPP!!!! Hi alll Here's the problem...I'm trying to increase the weight on my cable crunches, however...when I inch up the weight stack, my body isn't heavy enuff to keep me on the floor I don't have a partner to sit on me either that option is out! There's just gotta be a way around this...thoughts, insights, offers to hold me down are welcome!

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11-17-2004, 11:50 AM	#2
lilguy_bigdream want to get big Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: manitoba, canada Posts: 118	you know the tricep extention cable? the upright one just use that and just crunch your abs. i have the same problem cuz i only wiegh 150 and this seems to help

11-17-2004, 11:52 AM	#3
GoalGetter is still around... Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,097	At my gym there is a newer machine where you strap these things across your chest, and you stand with your back against a backrest. it's essentially a cable crunch but you're standing upright and crunching from that position with the weight/cables attached to your torso. Pretty nifty, though I've never used it myself.

11-17-2004, 11:54 AM	#4
Velvet Leaning Out Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 4,542 Photos: 2	hummm...ya, attach it to the lower pully...doh! I've only seen people use it from the high pulley...makes more sense thanks

11-18-2004, 06:22 AM	#9
Velvet Leaning Out Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 4,542 Photos: 2	Thanks boys...and ladies! I'll try some of these suggestions, I'd really like to keep the cable crunches as I find them very effective...and it hurts to laugh the next day 's all around