Exercises from the community
Crossovers (abs)
Crossovers train the obliques hard by combining rotation with a crunching motion, hitting the sides of your abdominal wall more directly than a straight-ahead crunch. Lying on your back with knees bent, curl your shoulders up and rotate to bring one elbow toward the opposite knee while extending the other leg out. Alternate sides in a controlled rhythm, keeping your lower back pressed into the floor throughout.
Raise Big Toes
With raised arches, lift only both big toes, keeping the other four on the ground, then lower them back down. Repeat this slowly 5-10 times. This exercise and the next one require a gradual re-learning of lost muscle control. When you first try, you might not be able to move certain toes independently. Keeping your spine straight and long, you can bend your knees and bend down forward to use your fingers to help hold the other toes down while you are learning the new muscle control.
Medicine Ball Spartan Twists
Medicine Ball Spartan Twists give a real-world, full-body workout to the oblique abs, shoulders, and arms by combining rotation with an explosive medicine ball movement. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart holding a medicine ball at chest height. Rotate your torso and swing the ball across your body toward one hip, then reverse the motion to the other side in a controlled, athletic rhythm.