Six Pack Abs: Oblique Twist With A Reach Video

When performing oblique twists for six pack abs, reach out and firmly plant one arm on the floor while keeping other arm behind the head. Strengthen ab and core muscles by trying oblique twists with a reach using workout ideas from a fitness trainer in this fitness video.

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Great exercise for the core & waist
Maintain proper alignment of the head & neck
Core work can be done daily
Vary reps & sets for cross-training
Get ready for a six-pack

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Hi, I'm Grace Lazenby and welcome to Shapely Legs. Today, I'm going to take you through a sculpting workout with ballet and upper body. Okay, so I'm going to use a ballet bar and a set of light weights, around two to three pounds. You can just use a body bar or a chair if you're working out at home. So, grab your two or three pound weights. Now you're going to start with your feet in first position. That means your heels are going to come together and then you're going to roll up onto the balls of your feet. Now, I'm going to take you through half-time to begin with, and then we'll go to tempo. So, you're going to lower down, curl bicep in, hold, you're going to lift up and hold, good, and then you're going to reach your right arm forward, up, with the anterior deltoid raised, and lower. Good, now we're going to go to tempo, here we go. You're going to go down, lift and forward. Excellent. So you're working the whole body here. You're going to engage the gluts, your abs are in, and you're working straight through the upper body. Again, using really light weights, you guys, but we're going to do a lot of repetitions. Beautiful. So again, you want to make sure that those gluts are engaged and you're not dumping the energy into your quads, left arm is nice and light. And lower, and lift, excellent. Keep your breath nice and strong, and lower. Beautiful. Let's do eight more. Here we go. Lower, and lift. And remember, keep a slight bend in your elbow. You don't want to take the weight higher than shoulder level. Good, again. Lower, lift. This is your last four. Four, up, reach, take that eye right to eye level. Last two, everybody. One more. Lower, lift. And relax. Good. Let's take it to the other side. Relax that right arm. Remember, find your positioning, roll up on the balls of your feet, abs in and lower and lift. Bicep and shoulders, gluts and outer thighs. And lower, and left. So, you can vary up the repetitions from day to day. Good, and lower, lift. You can also do this workout about two to three times a week. Excellent, and lower, lift. Keep your body nice and tall. Breath, really, really strong. Again, leaning out those legs, leaning out those arms. Last set everybody. Lift, lower, lower, let's go two more. Two, excellent. This is your last set. And relax, good. Go ahead and drop your weight. You can take a nice stretch for the upper body. Again, you can do this workout two to three days a week. Full body workout, and thank you so much for joining me. I'm Grace Lazenby. That is your Shapely Legs workout for the day. We'll see you next time!

Six Pack Abs: Oblique Twist With a Reach Video

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