I was talking with my sister today up north and she was going over her training program with me. All sounded fine until she told me she was using the weighted oblique machine. If you haven't figured it out yet about me, I am a big fan of a tiny waist, specially if you are going to compete. The smaller the waist the bigger the shoulders look etc etc, and the bigger the waist the bigger you gotta get the rest of you to make up for it. Anyways so she asked me why do they have these machines? I did not have an answer. I sometimes see women doing weighted oblique exercises or side bends with weights and I just shake my head, women I KNOW do not want a bigger waist EVER. Thoughts?? I just know bodybuilding but perhaps there is a sport that this is a neccessary piece of equipment, I just dont know it.