Bent Over Twist
Trains the abdominals, with help from the lower back. No equipment needed. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app counts your sets, times your rest and remembers every rep.
Technique
How to do the Bent Over Twist
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a straight bar behind your neck with both hands.
- Bend forward at the hips, keeping your back straight and your knees slightly bent, until your torso is parallel to the floor.
- Twist your torso to one side, bringing one end of the bar towards the ceiling.
- Return to the starting position and repeat the movement on the other side.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your spine neutral to avoid unnecessary strain on your back.
- Focus on rotating your torso, not just your arms, to ensure you're engaging your obliques effectively.
- Maintain even breathing throughout the exercise to help stabilize your core and keep movements fluid.
Muscles worked
What Bent Over Twist trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Bent Over Twist
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a abdominals exercise that is, there are 21 on the Abdominals page.
Substitutes
Swap Bent Over Twist for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Bent Over Twist for you
Durata times your rest and puts last session's reps in front of you, so you always know the number to beat. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.