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Tom_B
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 3,589
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Proper Cable Crunch Form
BODYBUILDING SUPPLEMENTS High Quality Supplements For Bodybuilders and Athletes. www.ironmaglabs.com I was wondering what the proper cable crunch form was? Generally most websites that I visit show and describe the form like this, but today I came across this video saying that, that form was incorrect and then went on to show the 'proper' form.
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A.B.1 Systems Specialist
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: AZ
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This exercise can be very harmful on the back. Just look at the rounding of it and tension that can be placed upon it by the awkward angles applied by the pulling cable. |
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Succinct
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Wait.. cable crunching can't hurt your back anymore than normal crunching, right? Crunches don't put a load on your spine.
I agree that you shouldn't do them though. There are better alternatives. Provided you deadlift, row and squat 1 abdominal exercise in your program is PLENTY. I especially like reverse crunches. |
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A.B.1 Systems Specialist
Join Date: Oct 2006
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The key to any routine lies in your ability to abandon it for another.
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Fueled by Testosterone
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Silver Spring, MD
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I'm also a fan of reverse crunches. The added need for pelvic control is a nice bonus.
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The only time it's bad to feel the burn is when you're peeing...
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Fort lauderdale, Florida
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i like leg lifts... they bring out the lower abs and cuts. i have also done that cable crunch... i face the machine unlike in the video they have there back towards the machine, i really feel the burn big time when i do them...
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Succinct
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There's no such thing as lower abs and the burn doesn't mean you have successfully worked a muscle.
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A.B.1 Systems Specialist
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: AZ
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The key to any routine lies in your ability to abandon it for another.
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Tom_B
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 3,589
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My case is a little bit .. special.. trust me just doing squats and deadlifts aren't going to help build/strengthen my abdominals to the extent I need right now. After adding some heavy weighted isolation/rotation movements (Landmines, weighted decline sit-ups, weighted v-ups, wood choppers etc.) I've noticed a huge improvement in my physique as well as the stabilization and form in alot of my exercises. So I was just wondering the proper form/technique for cable crunches - or does it really not matter? (facing pulley vs away from pulley & the greater ROM vs the shorter ROM)
And no I don't believe in the whole 'lower/upper' abdominal stuff, or that everyone needs additional core work. |
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Myostatin Whore
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I do them with my ass resting on my calfs/feet so there is no hip flexor movement, however I have a pretty long ROM doing them that way, not like demonstrated in the second video.
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Tom_B
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
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