Alternating Corkscrew
This ab exercise mainly works your obliques and lower ab, with help from your upper abs and hip flexors. Watch the demo video, then follow the tips below.
Rep Range
Time Based
How to do Alternating Corkscrew
Lying on your back with your arms by your sides for stability, lift your legs into the air keeping your legs nearly straight, rotate your hips to twist your legs to one side creating a circle motion, then return to center. Repeat on the opposite side.
Common mistakes
Allowing the lower back to lift off the ground, using momentum to swing the legs rather than controlled movements, and not keeping the legs together or straight throughout the movement.
Breathing
Exhale as you twist your hips and legs to the side. Inhale as you return to the center position.
Muscles worked
Primary Muscles
Obliques, Lower Ab
Secondary Muscles
Upper Abs, Hip Flexors
