Hold a medicine ball with both hands and keep it against your chest.
Slowly lift your upper body, using your abdominal muscles, towards your knees while keeping the medicine ball against your chest.
Hold this position for a moment, making sure to keep your abs contracted.
Lower your body back down to the starting position, while maintaining control and not allowing your body to simply drop back down.
Pro Tip
**Engage Your Core**: When you perform the crunch, ensure you're engaging your abdominal muscles, not your neck or other parts of your body. Avoid the common mistake of pulling your neck forward which can strain it. Instead, focus on lifting your upper body using your core muscles. **Maintain Control**: When lowering your body back to the starting position, do so in a slow and controlled manner. Avoid the tendency to drop your body quickly, as this can lead to injury and reduces the effectiveness of the exercise. **Keep Your Gaze Upward**: A common mistake is to look down or towards the knees while performing the crunch. Instead, keep your gaze upward or at a