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cable core Activity intensity • Moderate
✓ knee safe
✓ shoulder safe
✓ wrist safe
Kneeling Rope Cable Crunch
Primary Muscles: core, abs
DEFAULT REP RANGE
10-15 reps
INTERVAL REST TARGET
60s
DIFFICULTY
beginner
Biomechanical Coaching Cues
- Kneel below a high pulley holding the rope ends beside your temples.
- Keep your hips locked in place and curl your ribcage down toward your pelvis (spinal flexion).
- Exhale hard at the bottom contraction and let the spine extend smoothly on the return.
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