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Crunch (machine)
Core · Machine
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3
Reps10 to 20
RIR1 to 2
Stop the set when position breaks, not when the muscle burns. Quality of position is the whole point.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Abs.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Crunch (maskin)
- Swedish Crunch (maskin)
- Danish Crunch (maskine)
- German Crunch (Maschine)
- Spanish Crunch (máquina)
- Italian Crunch (macchina)
- Portuguese Abdominal (máquina)
- Russian Скручивания в тренажёре
- French Crunch (machine)
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