Learn the Best Oblique Crunch Exercises to Tone Your Oblique Muscle!These obliques crunches tone the waist area by stabilizing the torso and drawing the ribcage and pelvis together, which strengthens your oblique muscles more effectively. To do the following exercises, follow the instructions below:
Side Bends: Difficulty, 2; lower back, 2. Lie on your right side with your knees bent. Extend your right arm on the floor. Place your left arm lightly behind your head. Crunch your left elbow up toward your left hip. Slowly lower, then repeat. Perform the same number of reps on the opposite side.
Waistline Trimmer Love Handle Exercises: Difficulty, 1; lower back, 2. This move is also great for shrinking love handles. Lie on your back with your heels atop an exercise ball, knees bent. Clasp your hands behind your head lightly, elbows pointing sideways. Exhale and slowly lift your left shoulder toward your right hip. Again, the ball will move slightly, engaging your leg muscles to keep it from rolling away. Slowly lower, and return to starting position. When you lower, only come back down to just above your shoulder blades. Now slowly lift your right shoulder toward your left hip. Continue alternating sides. Each alternating side equals one rep.
Side Oblique Crunch: Difficulty, 2; lower back, 2. Lie on your right side with legs extended. Cross your right arm up across your waist, resting your right hand atop your left side. Place your left fingertips behind your left ear, and point your elbow toward the ceiling. Contract your abs and lift your right shoulder off the floor while also raising your right leg about one foot off the floor. Be sure that your motion is toward the ceiling--not falling forward. Slowly lower, and repeat. Do the same number of reps on the opposite side. For the best crunches to tone your upper abs, go to Upper Ab crunches page. And, for the best lower ab crunches to tighten your lower abs, go to Lower Abs Crunches page. Return from Oblique Crunch to Best-Abs-Exercises.com |