Cable-Curl Crunches: Exercises for love handles, The  Best Ever Series!

If asked most people will agree, the abs are the most highly targeted area of the human body. This exercise is designed to go after your upper abdominals in a very unusual, but highly effective, manner.

Keep in mind; you will perform the normal movement for crunches. The big difference comes in when you add tension to your abs while you pull the cable downward. It is a combining of the two types of tensions you get from both pulling down on your cable and pulling yourself up into the crunch position. This will create the burn that will make all the difference.

Ideally an adjustable height pulley is great for this exercise. It will allow you to adjust it so that the next piece of equipment you will need can be positioned roughly two or three feet above the ground. If you do not have an adjustable height pulley then a high pulley can work also. Once your pulley is in place you can add your bar attachment.

Note: Heavy weights are not necessarily beneficial when doing this exercise. Try starting out with a light weight to begin with. You can always add more weight as you need it.

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You will want to place your head directly underneath the pulley. While lying flat on the floor, if you happen to be using an adjustable height pulley, grab the weight bar using a normal curl grip. If you happen to just be using a normal pulley, make sure you grab it and pull it down with you when you go to the floor.

Place your feet flat on the floor and keep your knees bent at a ninety degree angle. Your arms should be bent at the same angle as well. You should find yourself in the basic starting crunch position.

You will now begin to perform normal crunches but with one exception. You will make sure to pull the weight bar down and to your chest. If done correctly your elbows should be able to touch the floor. Once you reach the maximum crunch possible try to hold it for a few moments. While you are holding this position you should try to contract your abdominal muscles as tightly as possible. You should be able to begin feeling the burn in your abs rather quickly.

Once you can hold this position no longer you can slowly lower yourself back to the floor. Make sure that you allow the bar to ascend as well. Make sure that you do not fully straighten your arms. You should make sure to go no further than the ninety degree bend that you started out with in the beginning.

A good workout to begin with would be between six to eight repetitions of this exercise. Keep in mind; if it is a real killer workout you are looking for then try combining two full sets of the lying cable-curl crunches with two sets of another hard core exercise like some abdominal sit-ups.

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