Torso machines

Torso machines

— exercise machines designed to perform rotations of the torso under load. In such a machine, the athlete is sitting, with a vertical position of the torso; holding on to special stops connected to the counterweight, he turns the body around the vertical axis in both directions, thus loading mainly the oblique muscles of the abdomen. Exercises in the torso machine are considered more effective than diagonal sit-ups of similar purpose: the machine fixes the lower body of the athlete, preventing it from making unnecessary movements, and the loaded muscles work at non-standard angles, which additionally contributes to their development. Among other things, such loads are considered especially effective for combating fat in the waist area.