Comments on: Reverse Crunches https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/ free workouts to build muscle & lose fat fast Wed, 26 Aug 2020 08:31:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71330 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:16:14 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71330 For everyone else with questions, the best advice I can give is to try them out and see for yourself in terms of feeling the resistance in the lower section of the abs and/or for any possible discomfort. If there is discomfort, check your form against mine. If there’s still discomfort, switch this exercise for another in the exercise bank.

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71329 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:13:57 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71329 Well during the captain’s chair the resistance doesn’t fall off, so you can lift the butt off the pad and bring the knees up as high as you can. So they are a little different. This is effective in the lower range, the chair is effective in the upper range (not much resistance in the lower range).
I like both exercises and interchange them.

]]> By: John A Davis https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71327 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:25:28 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71327 Mark, if I am doing captain’s chair weighted leg lifts religiously (read; rep to failure, 1 rep max sometimes, 2 minute rests between 4-8 sets of 4-12 reps) do I need to add this new exercise? Does it do anything I’m not doing already?

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71325 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:18:13 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71325 @Rob. The only thing that’s disturbing is when people comment on an article without reading the whole thing. I clearly state, “Note that you cannot ISOLATE the lower abs with any movement. However, we can place a little more emphasis on them with exercises like these.” The reason you can’t isolate them is because they aren’t a separate muscle group. Referring to ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ isn’t labeling them as separate muscle groups in the slightest. But you can emphasize upper or lower sections of that 1 muscle group e.g. any flexion of the hips will involve the lower section more.

]]> By: Rob https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71324 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:32:46 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71324 There are no such things as “lower” or “upper” abs. it is a grouping of muscles and as such, you cannot work ONE section of a full muscle.

It is disturbing when “experts” continually refer to these as if they are separate.

Grab an anatomy book. Find “upper” abs? Of course not.

]]> By: Pankaj https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71315 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:52:50 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71315 Yeah, this is a problem faced by me and almost all who do Reverse Crunches or hanging Leg Raises. How do we ensure that the core and ab muscles get affected, and not simply pull up with the hip flexors?

]]> By: martin https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71314 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:53:24 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71314 have you tried doing this with your hips just over the end of the bench, this method you get more of a stretch in the abs, if you want a challenge this will do it…..give it a go and let me know what you think…..

]]> By: joe https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71313 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:04:34 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71313 Hey Mark I’m curious to know what your current diet plan consists of duing the week on MANS

]]> By: Beato Carlos Bustos https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71312 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:09:45 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71312 Hey Mark
Nice addition there. I don’t see your hips raising at any part of the movement, so the abs are never crunched, which makes me think this excercise mainly hits the hip flexors, NOT the abs.
What say you?

]]> By: Muhammad https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71311 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:32:47 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71311 yeah, my chiropractor told me a similar thing. something along the lines of lifting both feet while your body is flat isn’t ‘biomechanically *something*; forgot what the word was. anyone ever get hurt doing this though?

]]> By: JaSoN https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71310 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:18:20 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71310 Mark, is this any different from doing straight leg raises, is this safer? just asking because I know that straight leg supine lifts are being taken out of the gym due to the fact that you are actually targeting your hip flexors (iliopsoas muscles) which attach to your lumber spine and if you have a weak core it creates Lordossis and can create low back strain. The reason why you feel your abs working is cause they are isometrically contracting through the range of motion, as in bracing the spine to help protect it. I know with hanging leg raise the same thing happens, its only when you get to the very top of the movement when your bum lifts of the back rest (very small movement) that your abs go from isometric contraction to a slight eccentric contraction. Please educate me on this. Perhaps the fact that your legs are hanging off the bench removes the stress on the lumbar spine?

]]> By: Matt https://musclehack.com/reverse-crunches/#comment-71309 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:10:32 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=7047#comment-71309 How many reps & sets would be best for maximum sculpted results?

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