Can you lose weight by twisting?

These exercises won’t work to “spot treat” areas of fat on your body , but they will strengthen your core, tone your waistline, and improve your posture while you’re losing weight.

Twisting can only lead to weight loss if it burns significant calories , but most twisting exercises done in a slow, safe manner will not burn enough calories to lead to weight loss.

A one-minute torso twist burns about four calories . If you add 5 lbs. of resistance to a trunk rotation, such as a medicine ball, cable machine or elastic bands, you can burn about 10 calories per minute. You can also boost the intensity and calorie burn by doing a trunk rotation on an exercise ball.