How to Do the Crunch - Hands Overhead

Beginner · Body Only · Targets Abdominals

How to perform it

1. Lie on the floor with your back flat and knees bent with around a 60-degree angle between the hamstrings and the calves.
2. Keep your feet flat on the floor and stretch your arms overhead with your palms crossed. This will be your starting position.
3. Curl your upper body forward and bring your shoulder blades just off the floor. At all times, keep your arms aligned with your head, neck and shoulder. Don't move them forward from that position. Exhale as you perform this portion of the movement and hold the contraction for a second.
4. Slowly lower down to the starting position as you inhale.
5. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

The Crunch - Hands Overhead primarily targets your Abdominals. You'll need body only.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Crunch - Hands Overhead slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.