Core Strength

[rjboutkast]

hey guys, im looking for exercises that will help me build core strength, obviously excluding bench, squats and deadlifts (or cleans) ....what other core exersices are good for the overall body...??

anyone have any favs?

[thehybridpyro]

is say go heavy on the power cleans

clean and press is great when done right

[syssstem]

sit ups with a medicine ball, hyper extentions, any type of sit up on one of those aerobics balls

[daberg08]

bench, squats and deadlifts (cleans too)

[Bramble]

military squats ftw! its when you hold the weight above your head as in your doing a military press then squat make sure to start light cause its a very hard exercise to master

[iam fuzz]

squats, dl, power movements, standing military press

-fuzz

[BayAreaBB]

I enjoy hanging leg raises while holding a dumbbell with my feet.

[RisSsky]

The plank/ bridge..

1. Start by placing your forearms on the ground and forming a plank with your forearms and feet.
2. Hold this position keeping your body parallel to the ground for the required time.

Put a plate on your back for added intenseity. You should start to really feel a burn.



Here are a few more: http://www.iwantsixpackabs.com/bodyw...exercises.html

[rogan181]

Originally Posted by Bramble

military squats ftw! its when you hold the weight above your head as in your doing a military press then squat make sure to start light cause its a very hard exercise to master

overhead squats? crazy new names for excersizes these days...

but yeah do some solid cvore work as well, my physical therapist told me all my back probelsm are probably due to weak abs, though i ahve a strong back, no ab strength to supprt it makes it die...so now i have to do all kinds of ab ****

[MarkVI]

Weighted full ROM ab exercises.

[visionz]

Full contact twists, Dragon Flag, Russian Twists, Decline situps with a plate BEHIND your head, Saxon Side Bends, Serratus Crunch, DB deadlift twist

[Miniswole]

Get a medicine ball, whatever your desired weight. Go in your basement or place that it's ok to throw the ball of the wall. Square up with the wall and twist and your body side to side throwing the ball and catching it. Hard to explain, but try and imagine/visualize.

[liftingbuddy1]

I would think that Weighted Dips and Weighted Chins are good for strength.

Mike

[LUCKY_13]

Originally Posted by maxwell_b

The plank/ bridge..

1. Start by placing your forearms on the ground and forming a plank with your forearms and feet.
2. Hold this position keeping your body parallel to the ground for the required time.

Put a plate on your back for added intenseity. You should start to really feel a burn.



Here are a few more: http://www.iwantsixpackabs.com/bodyw...exercises.html

This technique is very popular for core stability and strength.
It's harder then it looks.

I know a few Black Belts in Tae-Kwon-Do who swear by this exercise.

[ENzonator]

twist with weight

[farzamk]

Originally Posted by Bramble

military squats ftw! its when you hold the weight above your head as in your doing a military press then squat make sure to start light cause its a very hard exercise to master

overhead squats...

[seekay]

lately i started doing sit up(oblique) for my mma course and my squat went up 30lbs in 2 week

[obloxeon]

Squat and Deadlift. Period. With the exception to some of the Oly lifts, those two will do far more for you than anything else.

[JoKing]

Originally Posted by rogan181

overhead squats? crazy new names for excersizes these days...

but yeah do some solid cvore work as well, my physical therapist told me all my back probelsm are probably due to weak abs, though i ahve a strong back, no ab strength to supprt it makes it die...so now i have to do all kinds of ab ****

Lol thats what was gonna say, as far as I know they are called overhead squats, and its the weight thats hard its the position. I would deftinely not hold it like a militar press. If you do it makes it easier for the weight to sink down and put your shoulder into it to much. Do it like you just finishes a snatch. Widest grip posibble and let the arms lean back wards as far as comfortablly possible. I always use a spotter. And this is one where 20 pounds X20 is much better then 70X4

[jacked-fibras]

overhead squats x5
when i did them a little while back they destroyed my lower back and abs, in a good way.

[TheSchwan47]

My favorite is to get on a decline bench, and sit up until your body is perpendicular with the bench. Then take a weight (I use a 30 lbs. dumbbell) and hold it with ur arms completely extended outward from your chest. At this point you lower the weight to your left, by twisting your midsection, till you feel a good stretch. Make sure to keep the arms extended. Now return to the starting postion and lower to the right. That is one. Do this for 3 set of 12-15 reps. Its great, because it works your lower back, obliques, and abs all at the same time.

I then throw is body bridges, bicycles, good mornings, hyperextension, hanging leg raises and dead lifts to work my core.

I usually work my core twice a week.

It worked great for improving core strength for football.

[FreshRollyG]

Do some weighted crunches (have a few weight plates hold them at chest level)

Do a few sets (2-3 like usual), try and find a rep range where you can pull out 10-12, then increase the weight a few lbs at a time if available. (Doesn't matter - resistance is better than no resistance).

I'd then finish off with an isometric, like 'the plank' aforementioned above - really good core exercise. Try and hold this one for as long as you can. (Usually 1-4 min avg.)

See how that goes, should get muscle soreness in the abs with this one

I also suggest integrating some oblique work as well and changing exercises as per any other muscle group every 6-8 weeks.

Edit: Try body bridges with two stability balls if you can, that is a killer.

[AutumnalPark]

Seems there is much confusion between general abs exercises and exercises for the core!!