rotation · beginner
Bicycle Crunch
Also called: cross-body crunch, elbow-to-knee crunch
Coaching cues
- Press your lower back into the floor
- Drive your elbow toward the opposite knee
- Extend the other leg long, heel off the floor
- Rotate from the ribs, not the neck
- Slow and smooth — no bouncing
Common mistakes
- Pulling on the head and cranking the neck
- Elbows flapping while the torso barely rotates
- Lower back arching off the floor as the legs extend
- Racing through reps with tiny range
Take care with: lower back, neck. Members who list these injuries never see this exercise in a program.
Harder: Russian Twist