Crunch

Crunch may refer to:

Sport and fitness

  • Crunch (exercise), an abdominal exercise
  • Crunch Fitness, a health club chain
  • Syracuse Crunch, an ice hockey team
  • Media

  • Crunch (programming block), a group of TV shows
  • Crunch (book), by Jared Bernstein
  • Crunch (Cry Wolf album)
  • Crunch (Impellitteri album)
  • Crunch Bandicoot, a Crash Bandicoot character
  • Food

  • Crunchiness, the gustatory sensation
  • Nestlé Crunch, a candy bar
  • Software

  • Crunch - Wordlist Generator, software distributed under the GNU General Public License
  • Other uses

  • Crunch (games), role-playing game mechanics
  • John Draper (born 1943), computer programmer and phone phreak
  • See also

  • Le Crunch, a rugby match
  • Big Crunch, a physical cosmology theory
  • Crunch (exercise)

    The crunch is one of the most common abdominal exercises. It primarily works the rectus abdominis muscle and also works the obliques.

    Form

    A crunch begins with lying face up on the floor with knees bent. The movement begins by curling the shoulders towards the pelvis. The hands can be behind or beside the neck or crossed over the chest. Injury can be caused by pushing against the head or neck with hands.

    Alternatives

    The difficulty of the crunch can be increased by lying on a declined bench or holding a weight under the chin, on the chest or behind the head. Crunch exercises may be performed on exercise balls. Increasing the distance will also increase the load on the abdominals due to leverage.

    The curl-up is taught by spine biomechanics professor Dr. Stuart McGill, and he considers it to be a safer alternative to the crunch, which differs from the sit-up. McGill has done extensive research on the effects of crunch exercises on the back, which can be especially harmful for those rehabilitating their backs from an injury.

    Role-playing game terms

    Role-playing game terms are words used in a specific sense (terms) in the context of role-playing games. This includes both terms used within RPGs to describe in-game concepts and terms used to describe RPGs. Role-playing games also have specialized slang jargon associated with them.

    Terms used to play role-playing games

    A

  • Adventure: A single or linked set of games.
  • AoE: Area of Effect
  • C

  • Campaign: A series of adventures.
  • Character: A fictional character in a role-playing game; a player character or non-player character.
  • Character sheet: A record of a player character in a role-playing game, including whatever details, notes, game statistics, and background information a player would need during a play session.
  • Character creation: The method used to create a character, especially a player character.
  • Critical: A type of result associated with a strong outcome, especially a critical hit or critical failure (fumble). Often related to unlikely die results, as a natural 1 or 20, doubles, and so forth.
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