RUSSIAN TWIST

A.K.A. Medicine Ball Ab Twist · Abdominal Medicine Ball Twist

How to do Medicine Ball Russian Twist:

Step 1: Sit down with your butt on an exercise mat. Grab a medicine ball and hold with both hands. Step 2: Hold your feet a few inches off the ground with your knees slightly bent. Step 3: Begin exercise by leaning back slightly to where you have to hold yourself up with your abs. Step 4: Next, twist your torso and bring the medicine ball to your left side and briefly touch the ground with the ball. Step 5: Next, twist to the right side and touch the ground with the medicine ball. Step 6: Repeat back and forth for the desired reps.

Lie down on a stability ball face up with your knees bent and feet flat, place both hands together above your face and keep your arms straight, rotate at your torso to one side keeping your hands together and rolling on to one shoulder, twist back to the other side and repeat.

General And Specifics

this exercise strengthens the core and requires coordination

Starting Position

sit down on the ground or a fitness mat bend the legs to 90 degrees and rest the heels on the ground tilt the upper body back to about 45 degrees, hold the back straight stretch out the arms in front of the abs, put the palms of the hands together balance the body and hold the equation

Correct Execution

brace the body fully and turn the upper body sideways as much as you can the movement happens in the core hip and legs do not move now turn the upper body to the other side always hold the head in extension to the spine repeat the ab exercise several times

tip for the workout

you can increase the level of difficulty of this bodyweight exercise if you hold the feet a bit above the ground

Hold your hands in front of you and pull your abs to your spine, then slightly lean back until you feel your abs engaged in a balanced position. Twist your torso to the right, then to the left to complete one rep, moving your hands from one side to the other. Keep your back straight and avoid moving your hips as you twist. Repeat this exercise for the desired amount of repetitions or time duration.

START: Lie face-up on the floor with your head about a foot from a stable object like an exercise machine. Extend your arms overhead to grab the apparatus for stabilizing your torso. Lift your legs straight up so that they are perpendicular to the floor. MOVE: Slowly your legs to the floor on your right side. Reverse the movement to bring them back up above you and then lower them to the left side.*Note: to make this exercise harder add resistance by holding a medicine ball between your knees.