How do you perform this exercise?
- Attach a cable handle to a high pulley and stand facing away from the machine.
- Hold the handle with both hands and place it behind your head, keeping your elbows bent.
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees slightly bent.
- Keeping your abs engaged, exhale and crunch your torso down towards your knees, bringing your elbows towards your thighs.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom of the movement, then slowly return to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Obliques.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
