Core · Bodyweight
Weighted Overhead Crunch on Stability Ball
How to do the weighted overhead crunch on stability ball, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Lie back on a stability ball with your lower back supported and hold a weight extended overhead with both hands. Keeping your arms fixed, crunch your rib cage toward your hips, lifting your shoulders off the ball, then lower back over the ball for a full stretch. The ball lets you work through a larger range than the floor.
- 1Feel a strong contraction through your whole abdominal wall
- 2Crunch from your rib cage toward your hips with arms locked overhead
- 3Stretch your abs as you lower back over the ball
Common mistakes
- Do not pull with your arms or throw the weight forward
- Avoid using your hip flexors to initiate the crunch
- Do not use jerky momentum; keep the motion smooth
Muscles worked
The weighted overhead crunch on stability ball mainly works the upper abs and lower abs, with the obliques assisting.
- Upper AbsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- LatsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- Front DeltsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.