Lots of volume and variety is what i've been told.
Quote from: biscuit on February 19, 2011, 10:01:06 amLots of volume and variety is what i've been told.Why volume? I'm always amazed that the mystical 'core' is treated differently to any other muscle group when training strength. For example if you do 1000's of situps (or variants thereof) wouldn't you be better off doing something more taxing... Stevie Haston doesn't agreee.I found rings let me reap core rewards as they're so damn unstable!
10 x 10 second leg raises off a pullup bar1 minute back dish1 minute each for both side dishes1 minute front dish1 minute front plank1 minute each for both side planks- these are all done consecutively, so it take 7 minutes for a full set which I repeat 3 timesPathetic attempts at front levers.Any knowledge or advice on how I can improve on this is most welcome
My core strength has benefited from doing some deadlifting and clean and jerk. If you can't get access to barbells then squats and other dumbell exercises on the other thread are going to be nearly as good.
Quote from: biscuit on February 19, 2011, 10:01:06 amLots of volume and variety is what i've been told.Why volume? I'm always amazed that the mystical 'core' is treated differently to any other muscle group when training strength.
I'm voting for variety and with higher rep exercise. I'm sure I'd read some research stating that the abdominal area responded better to oxidative exercises (apart from the top of the muscle), though I could be smoking crack (plus I've had some wine)
Ditto what Toby said - in the end, it mostly comes down to specificity
Half tempted to build some sort of overhead offwidth type contraption to do inverted crunches from, but I'm worried that could be a gateway drug to a whole other world of upside-down perversion....
Quote from: chillax on February 20, 2011, 08:05:17 pm Half tempted to build some sort of overhead offwidth type contraption to do inverted crunches from, but I'm worried that could be a gateway drug to a whole other world of upside-down perversion.... http://hoseyb.blogspot.com/2009/09/climbing-on-anvil.html
I've used this approach for the last 2 years and I doubt many people who do low reps and high intensity without the additional high vol work could beast me on a session. In fact - Paul, we'll have a showdown.... Shark can referee....