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Reverse crunch
Core · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
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.
Secondary: Hip flexors.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Revers crunch
- Svenska Omvänd crunch
- Dansk Omvendt crunch
- Deutsch Umgekehrter Crunch
- Español Crunch inverso
- Italiano Crunch inverso
- Português Abdominal infra
- Русский Обратные скручивания
- Français Crunch inversé
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