Sitting Twist

Teaching Points

• Sit on the floor with your legs straight out in front
  
  
• Loop the band around the soles of your feet and hold both ends together in your hands
  
  
• Use your stomach muscles to twist round to one side
  
  
• Go back to the middle and round to the other side

Muscles Worked

• Internal Obliques
  
  
• External Obliques

Alternative exercises

• Standing twist with a resistance band
  
  
• Medicine ball twists

Related Injuries

• Abdominal strain
  
  
• Hyperlordosis