How to Work Abs With the Lever Push Crunch

Strengthen your abdominal muscles with the lever push crunch. The lever push crunch is performed on a lever seated crunch machine and can be found at most gyms. Start with a small amount of weight and gradually increase it to add resistance and to challenge your abdominal muscles.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lever seated crunch machine

1. Get in position. Sit down at a lever seated crunch machine. Set the machine to your desired amount of weight. Press the back of your hips against the bench's hip support. Push your feet against the foot bar while keeping your legs slightly bent.

2. Grab the weight bar. Grasp each handle. Extend the resistance lever forward until both arms are straight in front of your body. Keep your arms straight and your elbows locked throughout the exercise.

3. Bend at the waist to push the resistance lever forward. Keep your upper body completely straight and your feet firmly pressed against the foot bar. Return and push your back into a hyper-extended position. Your hips need to stay firmly pressed against the pad throughout the exercise.

4. Repeat the exercise for your desired number of repetitions.

Tips & Warnings

• For optimal benefit, use slow, controlled movement throughout the exercise.
• All weight training exercises come with risk of injury. Perform the lever push crunch at your own risk.

Resources

• See the lever push crunch performed.

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