Here’s how to target your obliques with no equipment. The obliques are best trained with exercises that rotate the torso, like in Russian Twists. But most people perform these poorly. Instead, do this. Sit on your butt with your knees bent and feet on the floor. Sitting too far upright will make the exercise easier, but less effective, so try to angle your back to about a 45-degree angle. From here, the goal is to touch either side of the ground. But your hands aren’t what activates your oblique