What do Russian twists do for your body?

The Russian twist is a core exercise that works your abdominal muscles, especially your transverse abdominis as well as your internal and external obliques . Russian twists are performed by sitting with your legs bent and your lower back straight, engaging your core muscles as you rotate your torso back and forth.

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Do Russian twists make waist smaller?

In fact, doing Russian Twists without actually losing weight can increase your waist size because your oblique muscles may get larger on top of or under fat. You need to rethink the Russian Twist to make it a safer and more beneficial exercise. It shouldn’t be a rotational movement where you twist your lower back.

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