How To Do The Oblique Crunch
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Hit your abs from the side to target the obliques, the muscles that frame your six-pack
- Lie on your side with your arm in front and bend your knees.
- Touch your fingers to your temples.
- Use your side abs to crunch up sideways.
- Hold for a second at the top of the move, then lower slowly back to the start.
Variation: Gym ball oblique crunch
Get a greater range of movement by wrapping your body around the ball.
- Lie sideways and curl your body round the ball.
- Jam your feet against a wall for support.
Variation: Dumbbell side bend
Vary the resistance you place on your obliques by using a dumbbell.
- Holding a dumbbell in one hand and lean to that side.
- The lean as far as you can to the other side without leaning forward or back.
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Nick Hutchings worked for Men’s Fitness UK, which predated, and then shared a website with, Coach. Nick worked as digital editor from 2008 to 2011, head of content until 2014, and finally editor-in-chief until 2015.