Circuit Training Torso Twists

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm going to show you how to execute a lunge with a torso twist. This is going to use a lot of the muscles in your quadriceps, your hamstrings, your glutes and your obliques. The muscles that are in your abdominal muscles on the sides. You are going to get yourself set up at first into a lunge position. From your ankle to your knee to your hip is a ninety degree angle. Make sure that your back hip is tucked under, going straight down towards the floor. We want to remain on the ball of the foot and not flat heel. So make sure that the hip is tucked under. When you come down into your lunge, make sure that the knee does not exceed the toe line. We are going to start the position optional with a weight. Or you can do a medicine ball and no weight at all. My weight is an eight pound weight, I'm going to twist into it. I want to engage the side of my oblique, you are always twisting into the knee that is in front. As you come up you are going to twist and come back down. So think about crossing over the body and dropping back down, keep the elbows really tight and stable. Nice strong motion all the way across the body. So think about, some things to think about. Hips tucked under, knee in line with the toe, you're twisting away from the body into that knee and coming across that path. Drop and rotate. You want to try to do this between eight and ten times if you are a beginner adding more reps as you go. If you are more advanced, make sure you that equals, equal amounts on both sides. Weight is optional to whatever you are comfortable with. And that is how you do a lunge with a torso twist."