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Strengthen and Shred Your Midsection With the Oblique V-Up

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Strengthen and Shred Your Midsection With the Oblique V-Up

Want a convenient way to work some of the most neglected muscles in your core? Look no further than the oblique V-up.

Most exercisers think the core is another word for your rectus abdominis, or the “six-pack muscles” on the front of your abdomen. Just as essential, however, are your obliques — the sheets of muscle flanking the sides of your waist that extend from the bottom of your rib cage to just above your hip bones.

These muscles help you twist, crunch, bend to the side, and stabilize your torso during athletic movement. Oblique V-ups target these muscles directly, helping to strengthen, tighten, and define them.

Here’s a guide from Elise Joan in her power yoga program BODi LAVA on how to do them with proper form.

Oblique V-Up: Step-by-Step Instructions

  • Lie on your right side with both legs extended, your feet stacked, your right palm and forearm on the floor and your left arm extended overhead. This is the starting position.
  • Lift both legs toward the ceiling as you touch your left arm to the outside of your left foot so that your torso and legs form a “V”.
  • Pause at the top of the movement, squeezing your obliques as hard as you can, and then slowly return to the starting position. Perform equal repetitions on both sides.

How to Make the Oblique V-Up Easier

Gif of Man Doing Modified Oblique V-Up from LAVA | Oblique V-Up

Having a tough time with the oblique V-up? Don’t be discouraged: You’re lifting your torso and your legs with a relatively small set of muscles — repeatedly. That makes it an advanced-intermediate exercise — something few people can do on their first day in the gym. Here’s a step-by-step roadmap to the full move.

1. Perform oblique sit-ups

Set up by lying on your side with your knees bent and feet stacked. Keep your legs down and lift your upper body only.

2. Lift only your top leg

From the same set-up, lift your upper body and your top leg only, keeping it bent throughout. Once you’ve mastered that version, try it with your top leg straight, holding the top position for a one-count.

3. Perform partial reps

Got those techniques down? Try partial reps, lifting your legs just a few inches from the floor. Increase your range of motion over time.

How to Make the Oblique V-Up Harder

If you can pull off three sets of 15 perfect oblique V-ups, you’re in pretty rarified fitness territory. But if you want to make the move even harder, here are a few variations.

  • Do ‘pulse’ reps: At the top of the move, lower your legs and upper body two inches, then squeeze again. Repeat three times each rep.
  • Perform ‘balance’ reps: Do the move without using your lower arm for balance. This is a huge stability challenge and will make the move much harder.
  • Add resistance. Place a light medicine ball — four pounds will be plenty at first — between your feet as you perform the move.

Pin Image of Oblique V-Up with Elise Joan and BODi | Oblique V-Up

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