Same here....I think when people say that crunches aren't hard there are a few reasons why:
1. They are more using the ball under their butt, instead of their back, as you said
2. They are using the upward momentum of their body to pull them up instead of their abs (ie, when I see people with their hands clasped behind their head and they are really PULLING on their head to get up!)
3. They are not consciously CONTRACTING those abs and really crunching them (slowly, too).
4. Keeping my chin up and not tucked into my chest really helps as well (as I mentioned before, picture holding a tennis ball there).
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