Ab Crunch Into Touch The Sky

This ab exercise mainly works your upper abs, with help from your lower abs and obliques. Watch the demo video, then follow the tips below.

Rep Range
Time Based

How to do Ab Crunch Into Touch The Sky

Lie with knees bent, feet flat, and hands behind your head. Crunch up, then lower and extend arms forward, Crunch up again reaching upwards towards the sky, keeping feet flat. Alternate between these two.

Common mistakes

Using the neck during the crunch; relying on momentum when reaching up.

Breathing

Exhale on the lift and reach; inhale on the return.

Muscles worked

Primary Muscles
Upper Abs
Secondary Muscles
Lower Abs, Obliques