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Get Ready to Sculpt Your Waistline
1. Russian Twists
Start by sitting on the ground with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Lean back slightly, engage your core, and lift your feet off the ground. Hold a dumbbell or a medicine ball with both hands and twist your torso from side to side, touching the weight to the ground on each side. This exercise targets your obliques, helping to define and tone your waistline.
2. Cable Woodchoppers
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and attach a cable machine handle to the highest setting. Grab the handle with both hands and rotate your torso away from the cable, pulling the handle diagonally across your body until your arms are fully extended. Slowly return to the starting position and repeat on the other side. This exercise engages your entire core, including your obliques and transverse abdominis, giving you a slimmer waist.
3. Plank Hip Dips
Start in a plank position with your forearms on the ground and your body in a straight line from head to toe. Engage your core and lower your hips to the right side, then return to the starting position and repeat on the left side. This exercise targets your obliques and helps to shape your waistline.
4. Bicycle Crunches
Lie on your back with your hands behind your head and your legs lifted off the ground. Bring your right elbow towards your left knee while simultaneously straightening your right leg. Repeat on the other side, bringing your left elbow towards your right knee. This exercise targets your rectus abdominis and obliques, giving you a tighter waistline.
5. Side Plank with Hip Lifts
Start in a side plank position with your forearm on the ground and your body in a straight line. Lower your hips towards the ground, then lift them back up, engaging your obliques. Repeat on the other side. This exercise targets your obliques, helping to trim and define your waist.
6. Standing Side Crunches
Stand with your feet hip-width apart and your hands behind your head. Lift your right knee towards your right elbow while simultaneously crunching your torso to the right. Repeat on the other side. This exercise targets your obliques, giving you a more sculpted waistline.
7. Standing Dumbbell Side Bends
Hold a dumbbell in your right hand and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Bend to the right side, sliding the dumbbell down your thigh, then return to the starting position. Repeat on the other side. This exercise targets your obliques, helping to shape your waistline.
8. Pilates Roll-Up
Lie on your back with your legs straight and your arms extended above your head. Engage your core and slowly roll up, reaching towards your toes. Roll back down to the starting position. This exercise targets your entire core, including your waist muscles.
9. Captain’s Chair Leg Raises
Using a captain’s chair or dip station, grip the handles and lift your legs towards your chest, engaging your core. Lower your legs back down, but do not let them touch the ground. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions. This exercise targets your lower abs and obliques, giving you a defined waistline.
10. Swiss Ball Russian Twists
Sit on a Swiss ball with your feet flat on the floor and knees bent at a 90-degree angle. Lean back slightly, engage your core, and twist your torso from side to side, touching the ground on each side. This exercise targets your obliques, helping to cinch your waist.
