Can someone explain how to do Oblique Crunches?
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or can anyone suggest a different exercise?
and yes, I'm aware that a change of diet and cardio would work too.
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Stand up and balance your weight on one foot, with the other leg bend your knee and bend your arms and bring them up to almost meet each other. Do as many sets and repititions as possible. Switch legs and repeat.
Lay on your back, legs bent, your knees up and together then let them fall to the right or left. Then proceed with the crunch.
Crunch to the side instead of forward (standing or lying down)...also lying down, hands behind head, knees bent, raise one leg with calf paralle to the floor and crunch by taking your opposite shoulder across toward that raised knee/leg.
There are others, it's hard to explain them in text and wordy to type..do a search on ab exercises or oblique exercises and you should find plenty, some with pics and/or video so you can make sure you use the correct form.
Start with the crunch(Elbows to knees,then twist side to side to work the Obliques,and then down).
lay on the ground like your going to do a sit up but instead go slightly to the right and you should feel the burn in your left side.
Also if you want to incorporate cardo stand with legs squared and fists up like a boxer
go from side to side twice and then reach your leg up to your opposite elbow and then automatically go from side twice and bring your other leg up to the opposite elbow keep repeating until you can't take it any more
ths got rid of my glove handles within 2 weeks
Here's some awesome exercises.
Obliques are used to pull your hips to the side, as well as torquing your upper body.
1. Lay down straight on your side. Now put both hands behind your head, and pull yourself up sideways. Do 3 sets of 25 3 times a week.
2. Tiger sits: Lay down sideways, now sit up using just your forearm, with your body just on your foot and forearm, and completely straight. Stay like this for 30 seconds.
3. With a partner: Lay on your back, have your partner stand over your shoulders, with your head between their feet. Grab their ankles (this'll hold you stable), and raise your legs straight 90 degrees. Have your partner push your legs to the left, while you keep them straight and bring them back up. Now they throw your legs to the right. Repeat this for 2 sets of 10 to start, it's a hard drill!!
Do these exercises for at least a month and your obliques will look great!
I take an abs class at my gym and they do it several different ways. One good way is to lie on your back with your knees bent as if you were going to do a regular crunch (hands behind ears, arms bent). Raise your shoulder blades off of the floor (straight up) and then twist toward the opposite knee-leading with your shoulder, not your elbow. Do alternating sides. To make it a little different you can raise your knees stacked above your hips in a 90 degree angle and crunch side to side, again, leading with your shoulder to the opposite knee. There is also another way-extend your legs (slightly bent at the knee) and crunch side to side like before bringing the opposite foot off the floor ONLY 5 inches or so-just enough to feel the lower part of your abs getting involved. Good luck!
You basically just twist your body to the left and right to do oblique crunches.
You can also stand up with a light barbell on your shoulder and twist from side to side.
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