Core Movement: Ab Twists With Towel Video

Doing core movement exercises are a great way to get those obliques in shape. Learn how to do ab twists with a towel properly from a celebrity trainer in this workout video.

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Grip towel in forefingers
Roll back & twist
Keep feet planted
Exhale as you twist

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Grace Lazenby is a celebrity trainer and co-founder of iTRAIN.com. Grace has a degree in exercise physiology and she is certified with the Physical Mind Institute. iTRAIN.com is your own "Hollywood personal trainer right in your pocket." Each audio and video workout consists of an elite Hollywood Trainer or World Champion Athlete mixed with original music to satisfy your workout needs. iTRAIN provides more than 275 workouts in its library ranging from treadmill to elliptical, cycling, strength training, and many more.

Hi everybody. I'm Grace Lazenby and we are going to work your abs today. So, the core movement today is going to be focused into your obliques. So, grab a hand towel, you are going to place your feet just hip distance apart. Place a hand towel in between your forefinger and your thumb. Roll back. Now, make sure that you relax your shoulders; try not to shrug your shoulders up. Roll back, pull in your lower abs. from here, you are going to twist it to the left and pulse for two. One, two, center, good. Then you are going to go right, two, and center. Here we go to tempo. And one, center, and right. Again, take it to your range of motion and remember, exhale as you twist. One, two, center, exhale. Good. Reach. So this is going to work all the way through the oblique, makes your waist a lot smaller. One, two, and over. Two more, and relax. Excellent. Now, we are going to go into rolling. Okay from here, you are going to bring your left elbow down and then semicircle your arms and row to the opposite side. Again, half time you're going to row and then twist. Here we go to tempo, five, six, seven, one [DEMONSTRATION] to keep your abs really stable and you're just twisting through your torso. Good. Excellent. Chest up, relax your shoulders. Four more, three more, two, and relax. Good. Come on up and then you can combine these two together to make a nice deep one. You can come back and pull for two, one, center, two more, and then row it up, here we go, and eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one more time, pulse, up, right, good. And row it up last time for eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and relax. Great work you guys. Those are great exercises that you can do for your waist. You can do them every single day if you like. I'm Grace Lazenby. We will see you next time. That was your core movement of the day.

Core Movement: Ab Twists with Towel Video

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