A week ago we posted a video showing 4 exercises that aren’t worth your time, which had a few readers asking us to please show safe exercises for the obliques (instead of a bicycle crunch crash).
Your wishes are granted, as we pulled this video from our YouTube channel that shows the wrong and right way to do an oblique crunch.
Do you perform oblique crunches the wrong or right way? Are you sure?
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We also include two bada-boom-bullets that explain things awfully well, along with a not-too-graphic graphic:
- Your external obliques run diagonally, forming a V in front. Imagine you’re putting your hands into a vest or front coat pocket.
- Your internal obliques run at right angles to your external obliques and form an inverted V. Put your hands on your hips with your thumbs in front and fingers behind, pointing down as if putting your hands into back pockets.
Now you know the official terms for “I want my waist to be fit and trim, but don’t want to copy any of those lame exercises I see people do in the gym that are destined to hurt their back or neck.”
When the paparazzi try to photograph your obliques
Did you do the oblique crunch along with us? Feel free to comment below between reps. 412, 413, 414, 415 ….
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