How do you perform this exercise?
- Adjust the seat height and chest pad position according to your comfort.
- Sit on the machine with your back against the chest pad and your feet flat on the floor.
- Grasp the handles or side bars for stability.
- Engage your abs and slowly lean back, allowing the chest pad to move with you.
- Pause for a moment at the maximum contraction, feeling the tension in your abs.
- Slowly return to the starting position by contracting your abs and pulling yourself back up.
- 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.
