Core · Leverage Machine
Lever Ab Coaster Crunch
How to do the lever ab coaster crunch, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Kneel on the Ab Coaster pad and grip the handles with your upper body upright. Curl your knees and hips up along the track by contracting your lower abs, then control them back down. Keep the motion driven by the core, not by swinging.
- 1Lower abs driving the knees up the track
- 2A controlled curl on the way back down
- 3Upper body steady while the hips do the work
Common mistakes
- Using momentum to swing the carriage
- Pulling with the arms instead of the abs
- Rushing the descent and losing tension
Muscles worked
The lever ab coaster crunch mainly works the lower abs and upper abs, with the obliques and hip flexors assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- QuadsMinor
Kovo programs the lever ab coaster crunch for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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Last reviewed June 2026.