Standing Crunch
44
/100
Best when...
- You need something you can do near your desk without much setup.
- Your energy is dipping and you want a more activating break.
- You only have about a minute between tasks or meetings.
Not ideal when...
- You need something substantially more intense or more workout-like.
Pairs well with...
a desk-friendly posture reset to round out the break
Better than X when...
Longer break routines when you only have 60 seconds and need immediate value.
Office-clothes alternative
Sit-to-Stand or Wall Push-Up are easy alternatives when you want something even more office-friendly.
Targets rectus abdominis, obliques, hip flexors
MET 3 (modeled), 0.9x walking
Joint ROM: 35%, posture benefit: 30%
Can be performed at or near a desk
rectus abdominis
obliques
hip flexors
for 15 reps · roughly 0.3 min of brisk walking for a 70 kg person
44
5 reps
44
10 reps
44
15 reps
44
20 reps
44
30 reps
“Standing Crunch scores 44/100, strongest in desk practicality. Suitable for a desk break.”
- Metabolic cost varies with body weight and fitness level
- mobility value, desk practicality, muscular demand are estimated, not directly measured
- Limited research data for this exercise
- Study populations may not represent sedentary desk workers
Measured (0)
Derived (1)
- caloric expenditure
Modeled (7)
- MET value
- rectus abdominis activation
- obliques activation
- hip flexors activation
- joint ROM
- posture correction
- desk practicality
Estimating energy expenditure during bodyweight resistance exercise
Journal of Sports Sciences (2019)
MET values specific to bodyweight resistance exercises at various intensities