Core · Cable
Cable Tuck Reverse Crunch
How to do the cable tuck reverse crunch, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Attach an ankle strap or hold a low cable behind you while lying on your back with hips and knees bent. Curl your hips toward your chest against the cable resistance, tucking your knees in, then lower under control without letting the cable pull your hips back down.
- 1Feel your lower abs curl your hips and pelvis off the floor
- 2Tuck your knees toward your chest using your core, not momentum
- 3Keep constant tension against the cable on the way down
Common mistakes
- Do not swing your legs to fling the hips up
- Avoid arching your lower back off the floor
- Do not pull with your hip flexors instead of your abs
Muscles worked
The cable tuck reverse crunch mainly works the lower abs and upper abs, with the obliques and hip flexors assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- QuadsMinor
Kovo programs the cable tuck reverse crunch for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.