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Brazilian Crunches
The Brazilian Crunches is a bodyweight exercise that targets the obliques, with the core assisting. Follow the 6 steps below and watch the demo to check your form.
- Target muscles
- Obliques
- Also works
- Core
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Body part
- Waist
Step by step
- Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
- Place your hands behind your head with elbows wide.
- Lift your shoulders off the ground while rotating your torso to the right, bringing your left elbow toward your right knee.
- Lower back down slightly without resting your shoulders fully on the floor.
- Lift and rotate your torso to the left, bringing your right elbow toward your left knee.
- Continue alternating sides in a controlled twisting crunch motion for the desired number of repetitions.
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