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Hanging Oblique Crunches
The Hanging Oblique Crunches is a bodyweight exercise that targets the obliques, with the abs assisting. Follow the 7 steps below and watch the demo to check your form.
- Target muscles
- Obliques
- Also works
- Abs
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Body part
- Waist
Step by step
- Hang from a pull-up bar with your arms fully extended and your legs straight.
- Engage your core and keep your body steady without swinging.
- Lift your knees toward one side of your torso, squeezing your obliques.
- Pause briefly at the top of the movement.
- Lower your legs back down with control until fully extended.
- Repeat the motion toward the opposite side.
- Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.
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