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Crunch


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Teaching points

  • Lay on your back with the knees bent
  • Place your hands on your thighs
  • Lift the head, neck and shoulders off the ground and slide your hands up, towards your knees
  • Try to keep the same gap between your chin and chest to avoid straining the neck
  • Slowly return to the start position

Variations & progressions

  • Have your hands behind your head to support your neck - don't pull your neck forwards

Muscles worked

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