Seated twist against resistance. Keep your hips locked in place and rotate only through your thoracic spine and core.
MUSCLES WORKED
Obliques, Transverse Abdominis
Also: Rectus Abdominis, Hip Flexors
COACH'S NOTE
Rotate slowly, resist on return
How to do it
01
Sit in the machine with your hips firmly locked in by the pads. Grab the handles or position your arms against the torso pad.
02
Set up with the bar at mid-chest height and your eyes under it.
03
Brace, unrack, and settle the bar over your shoulders before the first rep.
04
Lower under control to the same spot every rep.
The full torso rotation machine guide is in the app.
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How Fittrexx programs it
isolation · hypertrophy
STYLE
Full gym
WHERE
🔒 In the app
SETS × REPS
🔒 In the app
REST
Fittrexx writes the sets, reps, rest and starting weight for torso rotation machine from your goal, experience and gear, then adjusts them as it learns how you recover.