Are crunches better than situps?
Whether crunches are more beneficial then situps is a difficult one to decide. Both have their slight advantages and disadvantages and cannot really be compared with one another. I don’t think so anyway.
Some people say crunches have no effect as lacks the full range of movement therefore does not use the majority of the muscles in the abs. What is true however, is that the situp does not use any more muscles than the crunch, believe it or not. The only extra workout you are getting from a situp is the movement is from the hip with the hip flexors. People who say situps is better then crunches will most likely have limited knowledge of biomechanics.
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