Core Movement: Ab Twists With Weights Video

Doing ab twists with weights are a great way to build the oblique muscles. Learn how to perform ab twists with weights properly from a celebrity trainer in this workout video.

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Use small weights
Roll back & twist
Relax shoulders
Elbow to floor
Exhale on way up

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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. I'm Grace Lazenby, and we are going to work in to your obliques today. So, we are going to start center, you are going to grab a weight. I usually like to use a pretty light weight on this since I'm twisting. So this is a 2-pound weight. Again, you do not have to use weights at all. So you are going to roll back, place the weight in between both hands, keep your tail bone under. Now, relax your shoulders so try not to shrug them up. Put them nice and relaxed, and them from here you are just going to twist and center, and twist, and center. So give yourself enough time to really move through that torso, and try to take your elbow as close to the floor as you can and lift. And remember, I want you to exhale on the way back so you are going to breathe [BREATHES AUDIBLY], and up. And as you exhale, you are going to pull the navel to the spine. Let's take it to the other side. You are going to twist and center. So this is a great way to add a little bit of variation, a little different weight onto your obliques, and twist, and center, and twist, and center. Excellent. So when you use weights with your obliques every day, maybe twice a week, and lift, back, let's go two more, down, and center, and relax. Good. No we are going to stretch the obliques. You are going to take two weights, lay all the way down, and you are going to let the weights just kind of stabilize your upper body so you are not really going to lift them up. And then from here, what you are going to do is you are going to twist your body to the side and then exhale, lift back to center, okay? So again, those weights are just used to stabilize and keep the shoulders on the floor. Again, take it to the place where you are comfortable so you want to really stretch to the waist here after we just contracted it. Again one more time, good--nice you guys--and then take it to the opposite side, and I want you to exhale on the way up this time okay. So inhale, and then exhale [BREATHES AUDIBLY], really pull the navel into the spine. Good. Exhale up, good, down. Let's go one more, this actually will feel really good, and relax. Good. Pull the weights in. Give yourself a nice lower back stretch. Good. Come on up, and that is your core movement of the day. I'm Grace Lazenby. We will see you next time.

Core Movement: Ab Twists with Weights Video

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