exercises
Oblique Curl

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How to: Oblique Curl
Primary Muscles Used:Abs, Obliques
Exercise Families:Trunk Rotation
Trainer:Kelsey Wells
- Start by lying flat on your back on a yoga mat. Bend your knees and position your feet firmly on the mat, ensuring that they are hip-width apart and your spine is in a neutral position. Place your hands behind your head and interlace your fingers, ensuring that you relax your head into your hands and you draw your shoulder blades down and back.This is your starting position.
- Inhale. Set your T-zone. Exhale. Tuck your chin into your chest and draw your ribs to your hips to elevate your head, shoulder blades and upper back off the mat. As you elevate your head, draw the left side of your rib cage towards your right hip, ensuring that your T-zone remains set to prevent the ‘doming’ of your abdominals.
- Inhale. Untwist your torso and lower your head and shoulders to return to the starting position.
- Exhale. Tuck your chin into your chest and draw your ribs to your hips to elevate your head, shoulder blades and upper back off the mat. As you elevate your head, draw the right side of your rib cage towards your left hip, ensuring that your T-zone remains set to prevent the ‘doming’ of your abdominals.
- Inhale. Untwist your torso and lower your head and shoulders to return to the starting position. Continue alternating between left and right for the specified number of repetitions.
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