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There are alot of ab workouts out there, involving numerous exercises, some alot better than others.

The Russian twist is designed to put emphasis on the obliques, which is the muscle that runs down the side of the stomach. The exercise involves holding your body up off the floor whilst in the situp position arms out in front of you, then alternately twisting your body from side to side.

Although this exercise does work the obliques very well, it also put’s alot of stress on the back. As someone who has suffered from back injuries in the past, I am very conscious of anything that can put unneccessary stress on the spine area. So my personal recommendation is to avoid this exercise.

The obliques do still get worked in most ab exercises such as crunches and swiss ball situps. If you do want to target them separately though I would recommend performing the side bridge. 

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