Home Gym Owner's Manual

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Abdominal Exercises
Trunk Rotation
Muscles Worked:
Rectus Abdominus, Obliques, and
Serratus Anterior
Bench Position:
Horizontal
Accessory:
Handgrips
Pulleys:
Chest Bar
Success Tips
• Keep your chest lifted, shoulders
pinched, abs tight, and a slight arch in
your lower back.
• This exercise must be performed cor
-
rectly—failure to do so could result in
injury. Use only low weight Rods.
• Keep all motion in your torso.
• Move only as far as your muscles will
take you—do not use momentum to
increase your range of motion.
START FINISH
Start
• Sit sideways on the Bench,
one side toward the Power
Rod
®
unit.
• Grasp the Handgrip closest to
you with both hands.
• Raise both arms up near
shoulder level, hands
extended over the leg closest
to the Power Rod
®
unit.
• Keep your elbows slightly
bent.
Action
• Tighten your entire abdom-
inal area, and slowly rotate
your rib cage and arms away
from the Power Rod
®
unit
30-40
o
, as if you were rotating
with a rod through the middle
of your spine.
• Slowly reverse the motion,
returning to the Start posi
-
tion without relaxing muscle
tension.