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Mobility Β· Core
Russian twist
Difficulty Trunk rotation
How to perform it
Seated, torso leaned slightly back, feet bent and off the floor, hands in front of the chest (with a weight if you like), rotate the torso left to right. Targets the obliques and rectus abdominis. For a warm-up go unweighted; rotate from the thoracic spine, not the lower back.
Equipment
No equipment (bodyweight)
Muscles worked
Front
Back
Muscles and artwork credits
- External obliques
- Internal obliques (not on the surface map)
- Rectus abdominis
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