Core Exercises

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by Blevunly, Jan 23, 2006.

  1. Blevunly

    Blevunly Valued Member

    In your opinion what are the best core exerices?
     
  2. rocketone5

    rocketone5 New Member

    In my oppinion-
    "Power Iron Coil" I still do it and it still pumps everytime.
     
  3. KickChick

    KickChick Valued Member

    I begin my core training with traditional exercises such as crunches, lunges,squat and dead lifts, leg presses, raises & lifts, and pull-ups & downs.

    I find bridging also beneficial in development of strong core muscles performed on elbows and toes in a prone postion as well as lateral and supine.

    I like to add a varity of core training like incorporating the stability ball or a medicine ball.... concentrating on stabilising the core on uneven surfaces, with diagonals and rotations.
     
  4. redsandpalm

    redsandpalm shut your beautiful face

    Kick Chick's list is pretty good. Training kicks (esp. roundhouse, sidekick & backkick) on a heavy bag tends to do a good job too.

    Most exercises can be adapted to hit the core by doing them unilaterally. One armed barbell presses for example, or turkish get-ups if you really wanna go nuts on it.

    The single exercise which addressed my personal weaknesses the most was definitely the conventional deadlift.

    Overhead squats are also great.
     
  5. Blevunly

    Blevunly Valued Member

    Thanks for the replies. KickChick what kind of exercises do you do on the ball? I just started doing bent press and I feel them in my core but not to an extreme are these good or should i substitue them for something else?

    This is a Bent Press for those of you that don't know

    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.php?Name=Bent+Press
     
  6. KickChick

    KickChick Valued Member

    Any exercise that you can perform on a bench, floor, or standing up, you can do on a stability ball. The ball just gives you that unstable platform which requires constant abdominal work to keep your balance.

    I've got these site bookmarked
    http://www.getfit.com.au/html/excercises/ball.html
    http://exercise.about.com/cs/abs/l/bl_core.htm
     
  7. Blevunly

    Blevunly Valued Member

  8. Combatant

    Combatant Monsiour Fitness himself.

    Turkish get up
    Ab wheel
     
  9. iamraisen

    iamraisen Valued Member

    anyone got a link for the turkish get up? i
     
  10. Combatant

    Combatant Monsiour Fitness himself.

  11. iamraisen

    iamraisen Valued Member

    great vid. cheers mate. i do them slightly differently :confused:

    possibly because i havnt got a kettlebell, possibly because i didnt know the technique ;) . im not sure, im not a doctor.
     
  12. Combatant

    Combatant Monsiour Fitness himself.

    Thats the beauty of this movement and kettlebells in general, so long as you are using good biomechanics there are no wrongs. In the TGU you basicly have to get off the ground with a weight above your head, how you do it is ultimatly up to you. Just be sure to use the same techinique on both sides for reasons of balance. For this move the dumbell and kettlebell both feel pretty much the same.
     
  13. Athleng Nordic

    Athleng Nordic Sadly passed away. RIP. Supporter

    I've heard debate over the Kettlebell vs the Dumbbell. Is there a reason the KB is better than the DB for the TGU?
     
  14. Combatant

    Combatant Monsiour Fitness himself.

    No IMHO. I have used both and fell there is no extra benefit to using a KB for this exercise. Although the KB is a lot more fun for it as it gives you that old skool feel. :cool: :D
     
  15. Athleng Nordic

    Athleng Nordic Sadly passed away. RIP. Supporter

    Got it, it has bennies in the Kewl Factor. :D
     
  16. redsandpalm

    redsandpalm shut your beautiful face

    NNNOOOWWW! Barbell all the way!
     
  17. Combatant

    Combatant Monsiour Fitness himself.

    Turkish get ups with a barbell??? :eek: Now that is just a little too hardcore. :Alien: :p
     
  18. kenwen

    kenwen Valued Member

    check out the Crossfit exercise section

    http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/excercise.html

    Now that is how to do a TGU like a proper badass :eek:
     
  19. redsandpalm

    redsandpalm shut your beautiful face

    Now THAT's what I'm talkin' about!
     
  20. kenwen

    kenwen Valued Member

    It could be worse...

    I remember seeing a picture somewhere of someone doing a two handed TGU. A kettlebell in each hand. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, can imagine the coroners report.

    :eek:
     

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