Core · Bodyweight
Sitting Air Twisting Crunch on a Padded Stool
How to do the sitting air twisting crunch on a padded stool, 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
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Sit on the edge of a padded stool with hands behind your head. Lean back slightly to load the core, then crunch up and twist, bringing one elbow toward the opposite knee. Alternate sides with each rep.
- 1Feel the obliques rotate the torso
- 2Crunch up before you twist across
- 3Keep tension on the abs through the lean-back
Common mistakes
- Do not yank on your neck to twist
- Avoid using momentum instead of the abs
- Do not let your lower back round off the stool
Muscles worked
The sitting air twisting crunch on a padded stool mainly works the obliques and upper abs, with the lower abs and hip flexors assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Upper AbsPrimary
- Lower AbsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- QuadsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.