Muscles Involved
- Hamstrings - Primary
- Hip Adductors - Primary
- Pectoralis Major - Primary
Category
Bodyweight
Highlights
- Push your hips back until you feel a deep stretch in your hamstrings.
- Twist from the ribs up. Try to keep bellybutton facing the floor.
- Look at your hand as you twist to engage your full spine.
- Think "tall" to make the exercise more effective and comfortable.
- Use a chair or yoga blocks if you can't reach for the floor.
- Breathe!
Description
The Bent Over Twist is a bodyweight exercise and stretch that increases the flexibility of your thoracic spine, your hamstrings, hips, and your ability to rotate functionally. To perform the Bent O
Common Mistakes
Flex at the hips, not the waist. Do not look down or away from the top hand
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Pro Tips
Picture that you are trying to push your butt through the wall behind you t
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Purpose
The Bent Over Twist increases thoracic rotation, one of the first things we
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Form
Your bottom hand should be placed on the floor in the middle, directly betw
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