Back
Lying Upper Body Rotation
Lie on your back with arms extended out to the sides. Bend your knees and keep feet flat on the floor.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Focus Area
- Back
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Rectus Abdominis
- Obliques
Secondary muscles
- Obliques
- Lower Back
- Hip Flexors
Target muscles
- back
- abs
- shoulder
How to perform
- 1
Lie on your back with arms extended out to the sides.
- 2
Bend your knees and keep feet flat on the floor.
- 3
Engage your core lightly to stabilize the lower back.
- 4
Slowly rotate your knees to one side while keeping shoulders on the ground.
- 5
Allow the upper body to rotate gently without forcing range.
- 6
Pause briefly at the end of the movement.
- 7
Return to the center with control.
- 8
Repeat on the opposite side.
Safety & form
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