I call this EZ Bar Oblique Murder...because that's what it is. Really not kidding.

It's a FANTASTIC way to target the obliques without any twisting or bending...it's strong anti-flexion in the frontal plane, if you're interested in the biomechanics.

It's phenomenal for tightening up the muscles under the love handles, making them appear smaller and less pronounced.

Loaded side bend exercises where you move your torso up and down to the sides builds the muscle up and out, pushing the love handle fat out, making them look even BIGGER (which is never the goal).

I did this exercise several days ago and I can actually still feel the tightness in the love handle area, exactly where you want it.

It works like crazy.

You'll load one end of an EZ curl bar (I have a bar pad on it, but it's probably not necessary...I just happened to be messing around with it at the time). I have 50 lbs on the loaded end and it was brutal. Definitely start lighter.

Get into the bottom of a lunge position, holding the bar with both hands (to start with).

Now rest the EZ bar on your thigh with the weighted end on the OTHER side (this is important for balance...if you get it backwards you'll tip over).

Put your hand on top of the non-weighted end, where the plates normally go. You're going to be pushing down on this end.

The leftmost camber (bent part) will be set on your thigh. This means the bar is supported OFF-CENTER on your leg, which makes it even tougher and more unstable.

Now take your other hand off the bar and push down HARD on the empty end of the bar end to keep the bar balanced on your leg.

Now just HOLD it there for as long as you can.

As time ticks away, you'll gradually feel your obliques contracting harder and harder and the area getting tighter and tighter...which is EXACTLY what we want to see when training the obliques.

When you've gone as long as you can, set the bar down and switch sides and repeat.

This is isometric training that will just light up your obliques.

It hits the obliques like nothing you've ever felt before.

Go heavy if you're looking for strength and stabilization. If you want to tighten up the love handles, go with lighter weight and hold for a longer period of time.

The key thing to focus on with this exercise are pushing down on the unweighted end while trying to keep the bar horizontal.

Click here to watch the video of this exercise setup and performance (it's isometric so there's not a lot of action, but the visual on the setup is very useful).

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