Ab Exercises

If you can't do traditional floor ab exercises, there are ways to work your abs from a seated position. This seated rotation is a good example of that and a great way to target the obliques. Holding the weight adds intensity and will involve the shoulders, arms and chest as well.

1. Sit tall on a ball or chair and hold a medium weight.
2. Begin the movement with the weight at chest level, shoulders relaxed.
3. Keeping the hips and knees facing forward, rotate the torso to the right as far as you comfortably can. Focus on squeezing the muscles around your waist.
4. Rotate back to center and then to the left, keeping the movement slow and controlled.
5. Continue alternating sides for 1-3 sets of 10-16 reps.