Brain Fitness Exercise: Obliques Exercise for a better core.

External Oblique Exercise. Flamingo Workout by Michael Gonzalez-Wallace at this week Body Smart Magazine. Photo by Beth Bischoff


FLAMINGO

Synopsis:
Michael Gonzalez-Wallace author of Super Body, Super Brain proposes a new weekly exercise for your waist and oblique muscles to improve strength, flexibility and muscle definition.

FLAMINGO

Power Obliques! Are you afraid of shrinking? Getting shorter with age?  The solution must be in your powerful muscles at both sides of your trunk.

How many times do you reach to open a door, to shake someone’s  hand, or turn your torso to change directions?  Well, your Oblique muscles are engaged in maximum muscular activity to do the most simple of our tasks. Now think about when you are sitting down: your body is crunched and your oblique muscles at both sides of your waist are smashed like sweet potatoes and then what happens? Your back starts to hurt and you feel you need  a stretch. That is exactly what I  feel right now and I just started to write!

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Ready to challenge your core, agility and strength in one move? This exercise will target two of the most difficult body areas to tone: Your waist and your gluts! You will suddenly get the best of a dancer and a basketball player. Give a try to this movement and bring the best out of you!





Obliques workout anatomy- MIchael Gonzalez-Wallace proposes a great workout for your obliques: Internal and external




stand tall with one weight held in both hands above your head then cross your right leg behind your left and bend it slightly then raise your right leg to the side with your knee bent while simultaneously bending your waist to the right . Return to the starting position. that is one rep. Do it 10 times then change legs for a full set.  Beginners do it three times advanced do it ten times