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Your Workout Title is a free 0 min workout plan with 1 illustrated exercise for your abs. Follow the workout online, save it to your WorkoutLabs Fit account or download it as a printable PDF.

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  • Duration: 0 min
  • Exercises: 1
  • Training focus: Abs
  • Format: Interactive workout and printable PDF

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This routine primarily works your abs, obliques. Tap any exercise in the workout to see a muscle diagram showing exactly which primary and secondary muscles it activates.

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Weighted Russian Twists
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Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
Secondary:
Biceps, Forearms, Lower Back
  1. Sit on an exercise mat with your legs fully extended and your upper body upright.
  2. Grip a weight plate between both hands.
  3. Hold the plate out in front of your abdominals keeping your arms bent slightly.
  4. Cross your your ankles and raise them off the floor slightly.
  5. Bend your knees towards you slightly.
  6. Lean back about 15 degrees to balance your body. This is the start position.
  7. In a smooth motion,turn your torso to the left and touch the plate on the floor. Make sure you exhale as you do this.
  8. Return to the start position inhaling as you do so.
  9. Repeat the same movement, this time to your right side, again exhaling as you do so.
  10. Return to start position and repeat.

When performing this exercise, use smooth controlled movements. Jerking or using momentum to swing the weight can cause serious lower back injury.

Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors, Quadriceps
  1. Lie flat on an exercise mat on the floor keeping your lower back straight with no arching of your spine and with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
  2. Place your hands lightly on the sides of your head.
  3. Curl your torso upwards so your shoulders are slightly raised off the floor..
  4. Raise your knees until your thighs are at a right angle to the floor and your calves are parallel to the floor. This is the start position.
  5. Slowly move your legs in a pedaling action as if you are riding a bicycle.
  6. As you do so, exhale and bring your opposing elbow close to each knee by crunching to one side. Left elbow to right knee. Right elbow to left knee.
  7. After each crunch, return to the start position inhaling as you do so.
  8. Without pausing, repeat the movement to the other side.
  9. Repeat without pausing for the desired number of repetitions to each side.

Do not use your hands to pull your head and neck up during this exercise. Doing so may cause injury. Concentrate on a slow rhythmic cycle from side to side with perfect form for each repetition.

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