Core · Leverage Machine
Lever Seated Crunch
How to do the lever seated 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
Sit in the ab crunch machine with the pad against your chest and grip the handles. Crunch down by flexing your spine and contracting your abs, then return slowly without losing tension.
- 1A strong contraction through your entire abdominal wall
- 2Your spine flexing from the rib cage down, not your hips
- 3Your abs pulling the pad down rather than your arms
Common mistakes
- Pulling with your arms instead of your abs
- Initiating the movement from your hip flexors
- Jerking through the reps or using momentum
Muscles worked
The lever seated crunch mainly works the upper abs and lower abs, with the obliques assisting.
- Upper AbsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- QuadsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.