Side Crunch

Teaching points

• Kneel on your left knee, with the right foot on the floor in front
  
  
• Lean the left hip against the ball and rest the left forearm on the ball
  
  
• To perform the exercise, lift your left side off the ball, bending towards your right side

Variations and progressions

• To make the exercise harder, tuck the toes of your left foot under and lift the left knee just off the floor

Muscles worked

• Internal Obliques
  
  
• External Obliques
  
  
• Quadratus Lumborum

Alternative exercises

• Medicine ball twist
  
  
• Twisting crunch
  
  
• Sitting twist with a resistance band
  
  
• Standing twist with a resistance band

Related injuries

• Abdominal strain
  
  
• Lower back pain