Bowflex Xtreme 2 Owners Manual - Page 49

XTREME®2 Abdominal Exercises Trunk Rotation Muscles worked: Rectus Abdominus; Obliques; Serratus Anterior Position: Standing-facing right or left Accessory: Hand Grips Pulleys: Center Cross Bar-Narrow Pulleys Leg Extension: Removed Success Tips • Keep your knees slightly bent and feet on Standing Platform. • This exercise must be performed correctly-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 • Stand with one side toward the Power Rod® unit. Grasp the Hand Grip 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 abdominal area and slowly rotate your rib cage and arms away from the Power Rod® unit 30-40°, as if you were rotating with a rod through the middle of your spine. • Slowly reverse the motion, returning to the start position without relaxing muscle tension.