Crunch (on stability ball, arms straight)
Abs Stability ball
How to do it
- 1Sit on the stability ball with your feet flat on the floor and knees bent at 90 degrees.
- 2Recline onto the ball until your lower back is supported and your torso is parallel to the floor.
- 3Place your hands behind your head or cross them over your chest.
- 4Brace your core and lift your upper body off the ball, flexing your shoulders toward your hips.
- 5Pause briefly at the top, then lower your upper body back to the starting position in control.
- 6Repeat for the desired number of reps.
More abs exercises
- Sit-up with arms on chestBodyweight
- Curl-upBodyweight
- Hanging straight twisting leg hip raiseBodyweight
- Hanging leg hip raiseBodyweight
- Cable standing crunchCable
- Band bicycle crunchResistance band
- Spine twistBodyweight
- Cable tuck reverse crunchCable
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.

