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The 5 Best Oblique Exercises to Get Ripped Up Abs

Posted by on Apr 15, 2012 in Abs, Exercise Lists, Exercises, Featured Article, Fitness Lists, Muscle It UP | 22 comments

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Oblique Exercise 3 — Decline Russian Twists

Find an ab bench and set it to a 45 degree decline. Lean back, tighten your core and obliques, and make sure to maintain perfect posture. Don’t arch your back! A great way to check your form is to puff out your chest and squeeze your lower back.

Once in position extend your arms straight out in front of you and slowly rotate back and forth from the left to the right.

Hold for .5 seconds when you’re fully extended to the right and left. Once this gets too easy, increase the difficulty by holding a weight plate or medicine ball extended out at chest height.

  • Easy - 10 total twists left-to-right, no weight
  • Medium - 15 total twists left-to-right, no weight
  • Hard - 20 total twists left-to-right, no weight
  • Pro - 15 total twists twists, 8+ pound
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Bryan DiSanto

Bryan DiSanto

Founder & Editor-in-Chief at Lean It UP
ELLO ELLO I'm Bryan DiSanto. I'm the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, a CPT/CSN/Fitness Coach, Chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness junkie.

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