Dear Kneeling Cable Crunch, kill yourself

[goandykid]

I tried this again this morning as part of my ab workout...still felt absolutely nothing.

I've changed the volume, weight, and technique. I squeeze at the bottom of the crunch, hyper extend my back, etc.

WTF is wrong, I know it works but what am I doing wrong? I guess it would be hard to tell w/o a video, is there a common mistake you could warn me against?

 

[mike456]

I tried this again this morning as part of my ab workout...still felt absolutely nothing.

I've changed the volume, weight, and technique. I squeeze at the bottom of the crunch, hyper extend my back, etc.

WTF is wrong, I know it works but what am I doing wrong? I guess it would be hard to tell w/o a video, is there a common mistake you could warn me against?

why are you doing them? they are pointless.

you want your abs to show diet.
you want better core performance do single leg movements, planks if you want, etc.

 

[ponyboy]

I see guys doing this all the time mainly because they think they look cool pushing the whole stack and it makes them feel strong. Then I put them on a Swiss Ball and have them do 10 proper crunches and they cry because they have no real strength.

 

[P-funk]

I see people do crunches all the time in the gym. Then I have them try and hold a plank for 20sec or perform bird dogs without spinal movement and an isometric hold in an extension and they can't do it becasue they have no real abdominal strength.

 

[Pianomahnn]

I see people do crunches all the time in the gym. Then I have them try and hold a plank for 20sec or perform bird dogs without spinal movement and an isometric hold in an extension and they can't do it becasue they have no real abdominal strength.

That's too bad. Buncha weakmos.
/me has a sw0ule core

 

[goandykid]

Glad no one answered my question. Should I jsut drop them?

I do the swiss ball crunches in the same ab workout, and some sets on the curl machine.

 

[P-funk]

just drop them.

 

[goandykid]

Appreciate it.

 

[Valias]

would one legged squats be at all decent for core strength then?

 

[P-funk]

would one legged squats be at all decent for core strength then?

pistol squats are awesome.

 

[fufu]

I did cable crunches a couple of times back in the day...not a fan/