Take a dumbbell in each hand and lean over to left and right. What do you call the exercise?

I was doing this in the ofice's gym. The attendant (a staff with some instructor training, I guess) told me that that exercise is proven to be bad. I just want more opinion on this and recomended alternatives exercise.

Thanks.

http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Obliques/DBSideBend.html


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Er.. did you know which muscles the exercise was targeting?

It increases waist size.

Increase waist size? I thought it tone down the waist.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1405913

This post has been edited by John91: May 3 2010, 01:35 PM

whats with the whole spot reduction, toning myth x.x

really needs a big sticky.

It increase ur muscle mass on ur waist... so wat do u think?

http://www.bodybuildingforyou.com/exercise...side-bends.html

Thanks for identifying the exercise. I also wanted to your opinions if it was bad for you. The guy told me it is against the natural growth of the body and not recommended.