How do you perform this exercise?
- Sit on the leverage machine with your back against the pad and your feet flat on the floor.
- Grasp the handles or place your hands on the side pads for support.
- Engage your abs and slowly lean back, allowing the pad to move with you.
- Once your upper body is at a 45-degree angle, contract your abs and crunch forward, bringing your chest towards your knees.
- Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly release and 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.
