Skip to main content
Close Close

Congratulations
You're on the list.

Make sure to check your spam folder so that our emails are always delivered into your inbox.
xo, Kourt
Give your inbox
and your life

the Poosh it needs.
By clicking SIGN UP, you agree to receive emails from Poosh and agree to our terms of use and privacy policy.
Free Shipping on All Domestic Orders.
  • HEALTH + WELLNESS
  • LIFE + STYLE
  • HOME + ENTERTAINING
  • KKB
Poosh
  • instagram pinterest facebook twitter youtube join newsletter
  • Shop
  • search
  • search
  • body
  • diy
  • fitness
  • Giving Back
  • health
  • mind
  • Relationships
  • Sexual Wellness
  • soul
How to Fall Back Asleep After Waking Up in the Middle of the Night
How to Fall Back Asleep After Waking Up in the Middle of the Night
Our 2023 Poolside With Poosh Was an ’80s Dream
Our 2023 Poolside With Poosh Was an ’80s Dream
Surprising Ways to Amp Up Intimacy
Surprising Ways to Amp Up Intimacy
Why You Should Elevate Your Legs for 20 Minutes a Day
Why You Should Elevate Your Legs for 20 Minutes a Day
Weird Dreams? These are the Most Common Culprits
Weird Dreams? These are the Most Common Culprits
What Is Shadow Work and How Do I Start It?
What Is Shadow Work and How Do I Start It?
  • Adulting
  • beauty
  • guides
  • Hacks
  • style
  • travel
I Got a Brow Transplant, and I Swear it Made my Face Look Younger
I Got a Brow Transplant, and I Swear it Made my Face Look Younger
Hot Rollers Are Back, Baby
Hot Rollers Are Back, Baby
You’re Giving Compliments Wrong
You’re Giving Compliments Wrong
How to get Naturally Plump Lips in Minutes
How to get Naturally Plump Lips in Minutes
We’re Loving Latte Makeup for Fall—Here are the 3 Must-Have Products You Need For It
We’re Loving Latte Makeup for Fall—Here are the 3 Must-Have Products You Need For It
How To Keep Your Tan After Summer, According to Jennifer Lopez’s Spray Tan Artist
How To Keep Your Tan After Summer, According to Jennifer Lopez’s Spray Tan Artist
  • decor
  • entertaining
  • kids
  • motherhood
  • Playlists
  • recipes
Our Exclusive ’80s-Inspired 818 Cocktails
Our Exclusive ’80s-Inspired 818 Cocktails
Poolside With Poosh ‘80s-Themed Playlist
Poolside With Poosh ‘80s-Themed Playlist
Apple Nachos Are the Perfect Fall Snack
Apple Nachos Are the Perfect Fall Snack
Stacey Bendet’s Ginger Tea Recipe 
Stacey Bendet’s Ginger Tea Recipe 
Chef K’s Vegan Churros with Vegan Chocolate Ganache
Chef K’s Vegan Churros with Vegan Chocolate Ganache
3 Minimal-Effort Recipes To Bring to a Labor Day Party
3 Minimal-Effort Recipes To Bring to a Labor Day Party
  • family
  • kourtney
Kourt’s New Weekly Tea Rotation During Her Pregnancy
Kourt’s New Weekly Tea Rotation During Her Pregnancy
Kourt’s First-Trimester Tips
Kourt’s First-Trimester Tips
5 Things To Know About Kourt’s New-ish Wellness Practice: Brain Mapping
5 Things To Know About Kourt’s New-ish Wellness Practice: Brain Mapping
Kourt’s Top Pregnancy Snacks
Kourt’s Top Pregnancy Snacks
Why Panchakarma is Kourt’s Holy Grail Detox
Why Panchakarma is Kourt’s Holy Grail Detox
How Last Weekend’s Gender Reveal Party Came Together in Less Than 48 Hours
How Last Weekend’s Gender Reveal Party Came Together in Less Than 48 Hours
What are you looking for?

Menu

  • Shop
  • HEALTH + WELLNESS
    • body
    • diy
    • fitness
    • Giving Back
    • health
    • mind
    • Relationships
    • Sexual Wellness
    • soul
  • HOME + ENTERTAINING
    • decor
    • entertaining
    • kids
    • motherhood
    • Playlists
    • recipes
  • KKB
    • family
    • kourtney
  • LIFE + STYLE
    • Adulting
    • beauty
    • guides
    • Hacks
    • style
    • travel
  • Newsletter
instagram pinterest facebook twitter youtube join newsletter
fitness

Exercises to Help REDUCE BLOAT

By Sydney Cummings
share on pinterest share on facebook share on twitter Share on Flipboard share by email
 Photo credit @shaninamshaik
@shaninamshaik

Bloat can be caused by a number of things … too much food consumed at once, ingredient sensitivity, excess gas buildup, or a disruption in the digestive muscles.

To reduce bloat, you’ll want to make sure your digestive system is healthy, so test for food allergies or sensitivities, and take the appropriate steps medically if you need to seek further guidance for things like digestive enzymes and pre/probiotics.

That said, these movements are beneficial to help debloat as they encourage you to rotate your core to mimic intestinal movement of your food as experienced in peristalsis. Peristalsis is an involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation in your intestines to keep your waste moving toward being eliminated by creating wave-like motions. Each torso rotational exercise will help massage your digestive organs and get things moving in your intestines again for more regular digestion and reduced bloat.

The Routine:
Standing Dumbbell Twists
Standing Wood Choppers
Seated Twists
Cross-Body Mountain Climbers
Pike to Cross-Body Crunch

Thumbnail of YouTube video Thumbnail of YouTube video Play icon that links to video on YouTube

The Move: Standing Dumbbell Twists
How to: This move is great for all fitness levels. Place a light dumbbell in your hands and stand with your feet just a bit wider than your hips. Circle your head with the dumbbell and then bring your dumbbell down to chest level to twist to one side. Return back to center and repeat this movement, switching to the other side for your next twist. This twisting motion improves circulation in your upper body and your core to help get things moving internally for your digestive system.

The Move: Standing Wood Choppers
How to: This standing move is ideal for stimulating your obliques and challenging your circulation with a lower to upper twist. Start with your feet wider than hip-width and sit in a half squat as you take your dumbbell to the outside of your right thigh. Engage your glutes to extend your hips forward as you use your core to pull your body into a rotation facing the opposite way. Use the lower body and core force to help you rotate your dumbbell from the low starting point over to the shoulder full extension. Make sure your knees stay softly bent as you return back to start. Your feet can pivot and the back heel can lift off the ground as you rotate away from it.

The Move: Seated Twists
How to: This exercise can be done with or without a dumbbell, so choose what suits you. Lean back to an angle that engages your core and rotate your torso to the left, touching the ground. Use your core to pull your torso over to face the right and touch the ground. Make sure to not round your back into a crunch position but to keep a nice tall spine throughout this exercise. Lift your heels off the ground to advance this exercise to the next level!

The Move: Cross-Body Mountain Climbers
How to: Flipping your body over into the pronated position is a good way to improve circulation to help with bloat. For this exercise, start in a high plank and pull your knee toward your opposite elbow. Engage your core to keep your torso strong through the rotation. Return your knee back to start and switch to the other side, pressing your hands into the floor and keeping your back leg strong through this movement.

The Move: Pike to Cross-Body Crunch
How to: This movement is wonderful for mobility in your body and your gut. Start in a plank position and engage your core to lift your hips toward the sky. As you lower back down to plank position, remove one foot from the ground and crunch your knee toward the opposite elbow. This lift and lower with a twist is the perfect way to massage your digestive organs and make sure your mobility is improving as well.

A former Division 1 high jumper and record holder at West Virginia University, Sydney is a National Academy of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer and Fitness Nutrition Specialist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sydney and her fiancé Dustin created the Royal Change digital media company and post a new, completely free workout every day. They have a quickly growing audience with over 53,000,000 views since they started their YouTube channel. Royal Change’s mission is to always provide high-quality fitness to everyone, everywhere, at any time.

The content provided in this article is provided for information purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice and consultation, including professional medical advice and consultation; it is provided with the understanding that Poosh, LLC (“Poosh”) is not engaged in the provision or rendering of medical advice or services. The opinions and content included in the article are the views of the author only, and Poosh does not endorse or recommend any such content or information, or any product or service mentioned in the article. You understand and agree that Poosh shall not be liable for any claim, loss, or damage arising out of the use of, or reliance upon any content or information in the article.

Shop our health and wellness collection:

Shop Collagen Inner Beauty Boost Supercharged
Shop Children's Chocolate Probiotic Hearts
Shop Matcha Gokoro
Shop Weighted Blanket
Shop Sleep Stone Mask
Shop Beauty in a Bottle
Shop Cortisol Balancer
Shop Healthy Flora
Shop Transforming Petite Gua Sha Butterfly
Shop Uplifting Gua Sha Heart
Shop The 100-Day Planner | Pink & Charcoal
Shop The 100-Day Planner | Mint & Peach
Shop The 100-Day Planner | Blue & White
Shop The 100-Day Planner | Black & Gold
Shop Glow Inner Beauty Essential Supercharged

Up next, be the first to know our weekly content and sign up for our Poosh newsletter.

You may also like...

Go to article 5 Things You Wouldn’t Think Count as Working Out, But They Totally Do
health

5 Things You Wouldn’t Think Count as Working Out, But They Totally Do

Go to article Low Impact Moves for Noticeable Results
fitness

Low Impact Moves for Noticeable Results

Related Articles

Goes to article 5-Minute Wake-Up Pilates Routine
fitness

5-Minute Wake-Up Pilates Routine

Goes to article 5-Minute Trampoline Booty Workout 
fitness

5-Minute Trampoline Booty Workout 

Goes to article How Much Should You Work Out To See Results?
fitness

How Much Should You Work Out To See Results?

Goes to article 5 Moves To Boost Metabolism in the Morning
fitness

5 Moves To Boost Metabolism in the Morning

Goes to article Moves To Help You Feel More Toned Overnight
fitness

Moves To Help You Feel More Toned Overnight

Goes to article How To Get Side Abs
fitness

How To Get Side Abs

Goes to article 5 Stretches To Do Before Bed
fitness

5 Stretches To Do Before Bed

Goes to article Get a Flatter Belly Overnight with This Digestion-Improving Flow
fitness

Get a Flatter Belly Overnight with This Digestion-Improving Flow

  • About
  • Contact
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • California Privacy Rights
  • Affiliate Disclosure
  • Accessibility

Keep in Touch

instagram pinterest facebook twitter youtube join newsletter
Reviewed by Allyant for Accessibility
  • © poosh, llc
    All Rights Reserved