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Technique

  1. Balance on your butt.
  2. Keep your back straight - no rounding!
  3. Alternately twist your torso to one side and the other.
Logging: Each repetition involves working both sides.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Obliques
  • Spine
  • Abs

Secondary

  • Neck
  • Pelvis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis
  • Rectus abdominis

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
trains stretches

Progressions

e11g

Stability ball russian twist

Novice

Variations

e11g

Stability ball russian twist

Novice
e0p1

Floor wiper

Novice
e0ww

Lying cross toe touch

Beginner
e0s3

Twisting sit-up

Beginner
e0wv

Alternating dead bug

Beginner
e0wh

Lying scissors

Beginner
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