Weighted Straight-Leg Toe Touch Crunch
The toe-touch crunch holding a plate or dumbbell in both hands, reaching it up toward the feet of the vertical legs.
How to do it
Setup
On your back, legs straight up over the hips, a weight held in both hands above the chest.
Steps
- Curl up and reach the weight toward the toes.
- Pause at the top with the legs still vertical.
- Lower the shoulders slowly, the weight over the chest.
Common mistakes
Legs drifting toward the face or the floor: keep them over the hips. Throwing the weight up with the arms: the abs lift it, arms straight. Weight wobbling over the face: grip it firmly, start light.
Breathing
Exhale on the crunch, inhale lowering.
