Sarah: Hey! Guys welcome back to Diet.com Video. I am Sarah, the host and again I am joined by Stephen Cabral body transformation expert. Now as that 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 abs exercise that will really tone my core?
Stephen Cabral: A great one that we are going to go through today is called 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 get started today with medicine ball oblique twist. So what I want you to do is hold the ball onto your chest for a second. Now lift up feet up the ground just about, just couple inches, right there is perfect.
Now I am going to have you twist side to side, but as you doing that I want you look forward the whole. So you can twist to your right, twist to your left, but look forward the whole time even as you are twisting and then when you come to the middle press it up above your head. Now the more you press above your head the harder is under abs good and then bring it back in your chest and then twist side, besides you are still looking straight to have the whole time. And right up above your head and now alternate sides. So come down on left side, good, and then right side and right back up. See, Sarah is pretty rehearsed, side to side, right back up nice and high, good.
So that's too difficult for you, if you lose 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 rep side to side. And it's fantastic ab and oblique exercise down with using medicine ball.
Sarah: Great, and I actually do have a good 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 Cabrol: Well, one thing I found is that people's lower back are really tight. So if you are coming ahead a time with the really tight lower back and hips, that's going to put your greater chance for risk injury. That's why I always say people's face forward whole time. What that does is it's less twisting from your neck and your lower back. So the majority of the twist comes actually from the mid back and then you get the obliques engaged the same time. So it's just safer.
Sarah: Good. So even I learned something today and hopefully you guys did too. Don't forget to subscribe to the Diet Health channel to help you staying fit and in shape. So we will see you next time.
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