Core · Leverage Machine
Plate Loaded Lever Seated Leg Raise Crunch
How to do the plate loaded lever seated leg raise 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 plate-loaded ab machine with your chest against the pad and grip the handles overhead. Crunch your torso down while driving your knees up toward your chest, then return under control without letting the weight pull you back fully.
- 1Your abs shortening as your ribs and knees draw together
- 2Constant tension across the front of your core throughout the rep
- 3A controlled return rather than letting the weight stretch you out
Common mistakes
- Do not pull with your arms or hip flexors to move the weight
- Avoid using momentum to swing your knees up
- Do not let the stack yank you back into full extension
Muscles worked
The plate loaded lever seated leg raise crunch mainly works the lower abs and upper abs, with the hip flexors and obliques assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsPrimary
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- ForearmsMinor
Kovo programs the plate loaded lever seated leg raise 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.