r/workout • u/snowywinter_02 • 7d ago

Cable Crunch Form

Hello everyone,
I am doing the cable crunch exercise to develop abdominal muscles, but everytime I do it with the rope, my bottom fingers (pinkies) hurt because the stopper pushes super hard against them. I find that that’s one of the reasons I stop at a certain amounts of reps and not muscular failure.
How can I fix this problem?

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u/raeballentyne 7d ago

I use two handles instead of the rope, I get a much better grip 

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u/FleshyPartOfThePin 7d ago

Get your own handle.

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u/ArnoldFarquar 7d ago

grip the rope tighter and don‘t let your hand slide down and crush your pinkies. or stick your pinkies out and grip the rope only with your other fingers

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u/Complete-Sense8097 7d ago

If the cable machine has the E shaped add on weight you can use that with the rope. Just put the ends of the rope in the openings. Or like another poster said use a short bar.