Muscle that twists the torso

[ultrashogun]

Hey people, What muscle do we use to twist our torso around the vertical axis. Are that what the side stomach muscles are for?

 

[Suaveman]

Those muscles are called the obliques and they are used to stabilize side to side motions of the upper body.

 

[ultrashogun]

where are these muscle located and how can I strengthen them?

 

[Suaveman]

You can strengthen them by doing any one of these exercises:

1. torso twists (stay in a half sit-up position, arms extended with a medicine ball in your hand, then twist from side to side.)

2. side crunches (lay on your side with your hands behind your head and move your top elbow towards your feet, squeezing your sides. Remember to do both sides.)

3. Any other variations to sit-ups where rotation is involved.

 

[Suaveman]

Your Obliques are your "love handles", or on the sides for your stomack.

 

[MetalFortress]

Use the following two exercises to strengthen the obliques (use dumbbells for the second one if you have no kettlebell access)

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.php?Name=Bent+Press

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kettlebells.php?Name=Kettlebell+Windmill

 

[Soshyopathe]

or sideups

 

[Dee-Zy]

u can do it with dumbells ... forgot the name of the excercise though.

It's like u hold a db in one hand (let's say left) N u let your torso go sideways (so the db goes down) then u 'pull the db up with your upperbody.