Dumbbell Side Bends Video Guide
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Exercise Instructions
- This exercise works the obliques. Grasp a set of dumbbells. Stand straight up with one dumbbell in each hand, palms facing in.
- Keep your feet firmly on the floor with a shoulder width stance.
- Keeping your back straight and your eyes facing forwards, bend down to the right as far as you can, then back up again.
- Without pausing at the top, bend down to the left.
- Repeat for desired reps.
Side Bend Tips:
- Always keep your back straight, eyes facing forwards, and bend at the torso only.
- Concentrate on the stretch and contraction of the oblique muscles (down the side of your body).
- Keep the dumbbells close to your body.
- This exercise can also be performed while seated on the end of a bench.
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Posted Thu, 05/31/2012 - 21:42
Should it work with a single handle and work one side at a time?
Posted Sat, 06/23/2012 - 03:11
Yep. Use one dumbell and you need less weight in your arm, otherwise youre just cancelling the weight out with another weight
Just dont over bend with one dumbell.
Posted Thu, 06/28/2012 - 09:49
Whats the point of having 2 dumbells of the same weight on either side?
The one is canceling the weight of the other and the sum is going down to your waist.. am I right?
Posted Tue, 07/03/2012 - 05:24
Will you please tell me when you are suppose to inhale and exhale while lifting weights? Is it bad to workour sore? How can you tell the difference between sore and strained? I am interesting in becoming one of the worlds strongest women someday. Any tips on strongwoman training and dieting? I love your work outs they kick my butt and are already adding muscle and i'm feeling firmer, exited,motivated, and confident! ;-D THANK YOU!
Posted Thu, 06/13/2013 - 19:35
exhale when exerting force. example, exhale when pushing up in press up, inhale when going down. exhale when lifting in bench. inhale on way down
Posted Sat, 08/04/2012 - 22:33
Your workouts are amazing! Is working out at night bad? Is it better to work out in the morning? I'm only 15 by the way if that matters when should I work out?
Posted Mon, 08/13/2012 - 14:19
Work out when you're comfortable doing it. I like early in the morning because I tend to have more energy, but in the evening is easier to time with work / school / whatever obligations you have. There's no such thing as a bad time to work out.
Posted Thu, 01/10/2013 - 21:05
if you are trying to get biger work out before you eat if you are trying to loes work out about 20min after you eat
Posted Wed, 10/17/2012 - 02:49
will leg ecxercises stunt growth?
Posted Wed, 10/17/2012 - 14:20
No, lifting does not stunt growth. That's a myth.
Posted Thu, 01/10/2013 - 21:00
leg work outs will help you grow muscle do to the there one of you biggest muscles and it helps with men testresne giving you more energy
Posted Thu, 10/18/2012 - 10:24
Do you get the same effect if you sit on a chair and do it? Broke my foot so can't stand.
Posted Mon, 12/03/2012 - 16:22
Absolutely. Seated raises will work.
Posted Thu, 10/18/2012 - 13:18
Do you get the same effect if you're sitting while doing this exercise? I broke my foot so can't stand.
Posted Tue, 01/08/2013 - 21:21
I'm surprised to see a video like this on what I assumed was a "professional" website. This motion should be meant to targets the obliques (external and internal abdominal obliques) just above your hip bones, part of the abdominal muscle group. The abdominal group that is shown, the rectus abdominis, doesn't flex in that direction. It flexes in a crunch motion. Even if it was for the obliques by using two equally weighted dumbells at the same time, you are doing absolutely nothing to add any resistance to the oblique muscles on either side of your body. This exercise should be done with ONE dumbell, targeting the opposite side oblique. Concentrate on form and do the full range of motion side to side. After you do one side, switch hands and target the other side. This video should be taken down or replaced with the correct way to target your obliques or the correct way to target the rectus abdominis.
Posted Wed, 01/09/2013 - 08:54
Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the obliques on the sides of your body and not down the front as the illustration shows? And again, if I'm wrong tell me but don't you hit the obliques by single side crunches with resistance weight in the opposite hand? That's how I've always worked the obliques. Weight in both hands seems to me to be a seasaw effect with no resistance what so ever per oblique.
Posted Wed, 02/20/2013 - 13:35
Don't roll dumbell over your leg when going up. This is cheating.
Also don't swing your waist.
Posted Wed, 06/12/2013 - 09:27
What about weight? how heavy?
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