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Strength exercise

Oblique Side Bend Machine

How to do it

  1. Sit or stand in the machine with the hip pad set against one side of the torso and the handles gripped lightly.
  2. Set the seat height so the pivot point of the machine lines up with the waist.
  3. Brace the core and bend laterally away from the machine's resistance arm, leading with the ribs toward the hip.
  4. Pause briefly at the end of the range, feeling the effort through the obliques and core on the working side.
  5. Return to the upright starting position under control, resisting the pull of the weight stack on the way back.
  6. Complete all reps on one side, then adjust the machine and repeat on the opposite side.

Muscles worked

CoreThe group of trunk muscles across the abdomen, sides, and lower back that stabilize the spine and pelvis and transfer force between the upper and lower body. All Core exercises

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Equipment
Exercise Machine
Primary muscles
Core
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