Are Torsonator Exercises Good for Me?

Building a simple home gym may require essential machines and devices, depending on the training that you would want to include in your workout. You can choose among treadmills, elliptical machines, stationary bikes, rowing machines, and stair climbers as your ideal cardio machine, or you can just buy a jumping rope to help you do your aerobic exercise.

On the other hand, if you require weight training and strength exercises, you may opt for heavy-duty machines like a power tower or rack, or you can have a Torsonator. This weight training device looks like the usual landmine unit that you see in local gyms. But how does one perform Torsonator exercises? And are they good for me?

 

Torsonator: A Quick Look

The Torsonator is a long bar that has one end bolted on the ground and the other holding weight plates for your landmine exercises. You may see this attached to a multistation gym or power tower, or see it as a single weight training accessory.

 

What are landmine exercises?

Landmine core exercise movements are a type of weight exercise that utilises rotational steps to work out the upper or lower extremities, or both. Depending on your target muscle groups and exercise preference, you can use this fitness equipment to build up your core strength, carry out resistance, conditioning, and strength exercises, as well as improve your muscle definition and tone.

 

 

Torsonator exercises

You may wonder how efficient and helpful a Torsonator is for your weight training, considering its look and design. For a weight training machine and equipment, the bulkier and chunkier it looks, the more heavy-duty it feels. With just a straight bar and a floor attachment in place, how does one help you perform muscle-building and strengthening exercises? Let Home Gym Australia show you some of the tried-and-tested Torsonator exercises and moves you can use at the gym or even at home!

 

Squats

We mentioned that Torsonator exercises resemble that of the landmine steps you practiced during the early days of your workout. Squats remain one of the popular movements you can do with this weight equipment.

• Stand at the farthest end of the Torsonator.
• Hold the end with both hands. You can lift the bar with or without weight plates.
• Stand up while holding the bar near your chest.
• Slowly go down in a squat position, engaging your core and lengthening your spine as you hold your place.
• Move back up while keeping your glutes and legs tight.
• Repeat 8 to 16 times for 2 to 3 sets.

Targetted muscles: Hamstrings, glutes, quadriceps, abs, deltoid, and trapezius muscles.

 

Arm presses

Did we mention that Torsonator exercises also target upper extremities for core strength and muscle toning? You can perform landmine presses while kneeling or standing so you can stabilise your body while challenging it gradually during the workout.

• Kneel on your right while your left knee remains positioned parallel to the ground. You can also do this while standing up with feet slightly apart.
• Hold the Torsonator bar with your right hand. Position it in front of your chest area.
• Slowly press the bar high up until you straighten your elbows, but never lock it. Hold your position for a few seconds before putting it back down.
• While doing this repetitively, maintain the straightness of your back and the tightness of your core and buttock muscles.
• Repeat this on the other side 16 times for 2 to 3 sets.

Targetted muscles: Deltoids, pec muscles, triceps, oblique muscles, abs, and glutes

 

Landmine rows

Want to sculpt your arms the right way? You can utilise Torsonator exercises for that!

• Stand near the middle portion of the Torsonator, facing the raising end of the equipment, with your feet on either side of the straight bar.
• While bending your hips as if doing a half squat, reach for the bar on the floor and hold it with both hands placing it near your chest.
• With your back straight, core muscles engaged, and knees slightly bent, perform arm raises while maintaining your position. Lowering and raising the bar without breaking your stance helps in developing your strength and toning your muscles.
• You can up the level of this Torsonator exercise with this simple challenge. Hold it with one arm only for every repetition. Doing the rowing Torsonator exercises for 2 to 3 sets can definitely improve your core strength, muscle tone, and resistance.

Targetted muscles: Deltoids, traps, glutes, and abs

 

Torsonator exercises can dare and test you to exert more effort in improving the function and strength of your muscles. If performed correctly, these arms, legs, and core strengthening workouts can put less tension on your body, preventing your Torsonator exercises from causing further injury.

Contact Home Gym Australia so we can hook you up with all the parts and accessories that you need for your landmine core exercises using this innovative and practical Torsonator!

 

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