Sarah: Hey guys! Welcome back to www.diet.com video. I am Sarah, your host, and again I am joined by Stephen Cabral, Body Transformation Expert. Now as most of you guys are aware, Stephen is extremely knowledgeable in the abs department. So I am getting, kind of, bored with my routine, what are the new ab exercises that will really tone my core?
Stephen: A great one that we will go through today is called the Medicine Ball Oblique Twist with a press. So we are going to take that Medicine Ball Oblique Twist and then add a little bit of pressing movement to it making it that much more difficult.
So Sarah, we are going to start to do with Medicine Ball Oblique Twist. So what I want you to do is hold the ball onto your chest for a second, now lift your feet off the ground just about a couple of inches. Right there, it's perfect. Now I am going to have you twist side to side but as you are doing that, I want you to look forward the whole time. So you are going to twist to your right, twist to your left, but look forward the whole time even as you are twisting. Then when you come in the middle, press it above your head.
Now the more you press it above the head, the harder it is on your abs, good! Then bring it back to your chest and then twist side, besides still looking straight ahead the whole time and right up above your head. Now alternate sides, so come down left side, good! Then right side and right back up. So let's get pretty rehearsed, side to side, right back up nice and high, good!
So if that's too difficult for you, if you loose your balance, I want you just to press the ball in front of you, instead of over your head, which is the more difficult part, exactly like that, yup!
So let's have you do one more up, side to side and it's a fantastic ab and oblique exercise, down with some easiness and more.
Sarah: Great and I actually do have a quick question. I used to do these back in high school and one thing, we used to drop our knees and we would turn our body. Is that the wrong way to do it or is that just an alternate version?
Stephen: One thing I find is that people's lower backs are really tight. So if you are coming ahead of time with a really tight lower back and hips, that's going to put you at greater chance for risk of injury and that's why I will say, people's face forward the whole time. What that does is it's less twisting from your neck and your lower back. So the majority twist comes actually from the mid back and then the obliques engage at the same time. So it's just safer.
Sarah: Okay, so even I have learned something today and hopefully you guys did too. Don't forget to subscribe to the DietHealth channel to help you staying fit and in shape. I will see you next time.
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