Feb 19, 2026 · Crunch to your side. Place your hands behind or at the sides of your head. Flex your abdominal muscles, and lift your shoulders off the floor. Be sure to keep your shoulders straight and …

Jul 31, 2025 · Side crunches (aka oblique crunches) improve spinal stability and boost athletic performance. Here's how to do side crunches properly and fit them into your core routine.

Target your obliques and increase your rotational core strength with side crunches. Here, we demonstrate how to do a side crunch. Add these to any workout to...

Aug 20, 2024 · Few moves hit the obliques quite as well as the side crunch does. Find out how to do side crunches with proper form from our personal trainers!

Dec 17, 2024 · If you are new to side crunches, try standing side crunches. If you want a more advanced variation to stimulate different muscle fibers in the oblique, try a lateral crunch leg raise. …

Mar 30, 2023 · How to do a side crunch Proper form is important to get the most out of this—or any—exercise. Here’s how to do it right! Lie on your left side. Head rests on the mat.

Aug 11, 2024 · While you may find that everyone has their own unique style of training, a crunch is a crunch (with good technique). Let’s go over proper form and movement execution of side crunches …

Oct 21, 2025 · To do side-to-side crunches, lie flat on your back and bend your knees so that your feet are flat on the floor. Next, rest your fingers at the tips of your ears and lift your head and shoulders …

Jul 21, 2021 · The side crunch is one of the most effective upper-body workouts designed to activate your obliques and core muscles. Learn which muscles side crunches activate and how to perform …

Apr 24, 2024 · In this how-to guide, we will explore further how to perform side crunches effectively, the correct form and techniques to engage the right muscles, avoid common pitfalls, and ultimately …