Core Movement: Obliques Video

By working the oblique muscles, one can help tone and improve core movement. Learn how to work the obliques properly from a certified trainer in this workout video.

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Lay on back
Raise legs straight up
Engage core
Move legs side to side

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Keith Irace has been a certified trainer for 16 years. He is currently the regional group fitness manager for Equinox Fitness Clubs in southern California and a trainer for 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 Keith Irace, and welcome to Core Movement. Today's move is obliques. So we're going to start by just lying flat down on our back on our mats. So get comfortable here for a second and then take your legs straight up to the ceiling. I want you to brace your palms along side the floor, somewhere between your shoulders and your waist. So the legs come up and the first thing you do is just engage the core down. Now we're going to move our legs as if they were windshield wipers. You're going to move to one side and then the other side. Take it, cross and cross. Now, really try to use the muscles through your obliques and through your waist to control the movement. Initially, we're going to use our hands a little bit and then we're going to try to use our hands a little bit less, right? So use your core more and your hands less. Tapering your waist, try to keep those legs high over the waist. Don't let them travel away from you. Let's get in four more here. Here's four, and three, and two, and I want you to hangout right where you're at on one. So hold it right there. You've got an angle of maybe 20 to 30 degrees out to the side. Take your opposite arm up over your ear, reach up, touch your shoe, and down. Touch, and down. So it's okay to push just a little bit into this hand to get that extra little oomph on your contraction. Up, reach, good. Let's go for eight. Twisting across, seven, try not to leave the move with your chin or your forehead, those are not abdominal muscles. Last four here, and four, reach for it, and three, and two, and one, beautiful. Come back to center. Let your spine line up for a moment and then go to the opposite side. The opposite arm comes up around your ear, reach, and touch, good. Reach, and touch. Go for it. Up, and up, and eight more, twist and down. You got it. Seven, push just a little into that support arm. Here's five, and down, four, and down, three, and down, two, last one gang, one, beautiful. Come back to center, hug your knees and give your back a little break. Let your spine finds its alignment. Thank you for joining me today for Core Movement. That was obliques. I'm Keith Irace. I'll see you next time.

Core Movement: Obliques Video

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