Core · Bodyweight
Side Crunch Against Wall
How to do the side crunch against wall, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Lie on your side near a wall with your feet braced against it for support and your hips stacked. Place your top hand behind your head and crunch your ribcage toward your hip, lifting your shoulder off the ground. Lower under control and repeat, then switch sides.
- 1Feel your obliques contract as you crunch ribs toward hip
- 2Keep your hips stacked and stable against the wall
- 3Lower slowly to keep tension on the side of your waist
Common mistakes
- Do not pull on your neck with your hand
- Avoid rolling your hips backward as you crunch
- Do not use momentum to swing up; control the lift
Muscles worked
The side crunch against wall mainly works the obliques, with the upper abs and lower abs assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- Hip FlexorsMinor
Kovo programs the side crunch against wall 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.
More abs & core exercises
- How to do the ab wheel rollout
- How to do the ankle tap plank
- How to do the ankle taps
- How to do the resistance band dead bugs
- How to do the resistance band pallof press
- How to do the rollout
Last reviewed June 2026.