Windshield Wiper
This ab exercise mainly works your obliques and abs, with help from your hip flexors. Watch the demo video, then follow the tips below.
Rep Range
Time Based
How to do Windshield Wiper
Lie on your back with arms extended out to the sides for stability. With knees bent at nearly 90 degrees, lift your legs so your thighs are perpendicular to the ground. Keeping your knees bent and legs together, rotate your hips to lower your legs to one side, trying to get them close to the ground without touching. Lift them back to center and then lower to the other side.
Common mistakes
Rotating the entire body or lifting the opposite shoulder off the ground. Relying on momentum rather than controlled, deliberate core engagement.
Breathing
Exhale as you lower the legs to the side; inhale as you return them to the center.
Muscles worked
Primary Muscles
Obliques, Abs
Secondary Muscles
Hip Flexors
