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Gagné's cyclone

Calisthenics / Free Weights / Martial Arts / Medicine Ball / Expert

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Equipment Needed

  • Dumbbells
  • Roman Chair
  • Glute Hamstring Raise Machine

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gagné's cyclone is a calisthenics, free weights, martial arts, and medicine ball exercise that primarily targets the obliques and to a lesser degree also targets the abs and lower back ...more

gagné's cyclone is a calisthenics, free weights, martial arts, and medicine ball exercise that primarily targets the obliques and to a lesser degree also targets the abs and lower back.

The only gagné's cyclone equipment that you really need is the following: dumbbells, roman chair, and glute hamstring raise machine. There are however many different gagné's cyclone variations that you can try out that may require different types of gagné's cyclone equipment or may even require no equipment at all.

Learning proper gagné's cyclone form is easy with the step by step gagné's cyclone instructions, gagné's cyclone tips, and the instructional gagné's cyclone technique video on this page. gagné's cyclone is a exercise for those with a expert level of physical fitness and exercise experience. Watch the gagné's cyclone video, learn how to do the gagné's cyclone, and then be sure and browse through the gagné's cyclone workouts on our workout plans page!

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Tips

  1. Keep your core tight throughout the exercise. Take quick deep breaths, but keep your core tight.
  2. Perform exercise in a slow controlled manner. Don't jerk up and twist quickly.
  3. Arms should be straight out in front of your body.

Variations

  1. Use a medicine ball or weight plate instead of a dumbbell. Also a wearing a weighted vest will greatly increase difficulty.
  2. For beginners, simply perform a side bend.
  3. Perform exercise without weights to build your strength if you are having trouble performing exercise with weights.

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  • Mechanics Type: Compound

1 Review

  • TylerS
    about 12 years ago
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    One of the hardest parts of this exercise is just finding a place to do it. I had to climb up on the Roman Chair at my gym, and it was pretty wobbly, and painful on my legs! When I did finally get to actually doing the exercise, it was pretty tough. You can really feel it on both your obliques and abs. -1 star for the difficulty of getting into position. Probably would be better with a Glute Ham Raise, but that's not available at my gym.

Equipment Needed

  • Dumbbells
  • Roman Chair
  • Glute Hamstring Raise Machine

Featured Plans

Tips

  1. Keep your core tight throughout the exercise. Take quick deep breaths, but keep your core tight.
  2. Perform exercise in a slow controlled manner. Don't jerk up and twist quickly.
  3. Arms should be straight out in front of your body.

Variations

  1. Use a medicine ball or weight plate instead of a dumbbell. Also a wearing a weighted vest will greatly increase difficulty.
  2. For beginners, simply perform a side bend.
  3. Perform exercise without weights to build your strength if you are having trouble performing exercise with weights.

Types

  • Force Type: N/A
  • Mechanics Type: Compound