Ab overhaul Pt 4: Five best ab oblique exercises

Cardio and diet play a role in every successful bid to secure a six pack, but having the right ab exercises is also key. Here’s how to blast your obliques.

By Robert Carry

The route to securing that much sought after six pack may mean changing your diet, boosting your cardio and generally overhauling your entire life, but ab exercises do have a role to play.

We’ve looked at how to work your upper and lower aps together and separately, but the oft-ignored obliques also need attention if you are to achieve a torso you can invite friends to smash beer bottles off.

So, this time around we’ve tracked down and compiled five of the best exercises for tidying up around the flanks to complete the look you’re after.

Diagonal wood chops – It might be a pain having to endure seeing this woman sweat and grunt, but it’s worth it in this case because the diagonal wood chop is well worth the effort:

Side plank – Try to ignore the sexual tension between Sarah and Stephen for long enough to take in their take on the ultra effective side-plank.

Russian twist – This unnervingly characterless blonde effectively demonstrates a level one Russian twist. Crank it up by using a weight or medicine ball and increasing your range of movement.

Side crunches – This man’s somewhat homoerotic execution of a side crunch makes for an entertaining 2.05 seconds. Bad shorts, great oblique exercise.

Cross ab oblique sit-ups – This rather milfish woman does an execellent version of what should be a staple in your ab routine.