Resistance Band Sitting Twist Exercise

The standing twist works the abdominals, in particular the oblique muscles.

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.