Russian Twist (with medicine ball)
Perform the Russian Twist with a medicine ball to engage your core and improve rotational strength.
- Start seated on the floor with your knees bent and feet flat.
- Hold the medicine ball with both hands at your chest.
- Lean back slightly and lift your feet off the ground, balancing on your sit bones.
- Rotate your torso to the right, bringing the medicine ball beside your hip.
- Return to the center and rotate to the left, bringing the ball beside your left hip.
- Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.
How to perform the Russian Twist (with medicine ball)
- Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Russian Twist (with medicine ball) using your medicine ball.
- Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your abdominals.
- Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.
Coaching cues
- Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
- Drive force through your abdominals rather than momentum.
- Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.
Common mistakes
- Using too much weight and losing positional control.
- Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
- Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.
Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.
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