RepSenseiObliques exercises
Your obliques rotate and bend your torso to the side, and just as often stop it rotating or bending when it should not. That second job is what keeps you steady carrying a heavy bag in one hand or pressing with one arm.
The external and internal obliques are layered muscles on the sides of the waist, running diagonally between the ribs and pelvis.
Training tips
- Include anti-rotation work such as Pallof presses and suitcase carries, not only twisting moves.
- On side planks, keep hips stacked and body in a straight line. Short, solid holds beat long, sagging ones.
- Use controlled tempo on rotational exercises like cable woodchops. Momentum takes the work away from the obliques.
Obliques exercises you can do at home (60).
Top 40 obliques exercises
- PlankNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- 3/4 Sit-UpNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Air BikeNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Alternate Heel TouchersNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Barbell Side BendBarbell · Beginner · also works abs, lower back
- Bent-Knee Hip RaiseNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side BendsCable · Beginner · also works abs
- Bottoms UpNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Butt-UpsNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Cable CrunchCable · Beginner · also works abs
- Cable Judo FlipCable · Beginner · also works abs
- Cable Reverse CrunchCable · Beginner · also works abs
- Cable Russian TwistsCable · Beginner · also works abs
- Cable Seated CrunchCable · Beginner · also works abs
- CocoonsNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Cross-Body CrunchNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Crunch - Hands OverheadNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Crunch - Legs On Exercise BallNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- CrunchesNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Dead BugNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Decline Oblique CrunchNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Decline Reverse CrunchNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Dumbbell Side BendDumbbell · Beginner · also works abs
- Elbow to KneeNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Exercise Ball CrunchExercise ball · Beginner · also works abs
- Exercise Ball Pull-InExercise ball · Beginner · also works abs
- Flat Bench Leg Pull-InNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Flat Bench Lying Leg RaiseNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Jackknife Sit-UpNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Janda Sit-UpNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Knee/Hip Raise On Parallel BarsOther · Beginner · also works abs
- Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique TwistsCable · Beginner · also works abs
- Landmine 180'sBarbell · Beginner · also works abs, glutes, lower back
- Leg Pull-InNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Lower Back CurlNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Medicine Ball Full TwistMedicine ball · Beginner · also works abs, shoulders
- Oblique CrunchesNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- Oblique Crunches - On The FloorNo equipment · Beginner · also works abs
- One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side BendsCable · Beginner · also works abs
- One-Arm Medicine Ball SlamMedicine ball · Beginner · also works abs, lats, shoulders
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