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Weighted core strength moves?

Burger2066
Burger2066 Posts: 126 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Keeping a strong core is obviously critical. I do a ton of the non-weighted core work. And I do things like a standing cable twist with a good amount of weight that hit the obliques. I add in a twist on a single arm cable chest press as part of the movement. What other good weighted core workouts do you like to do?

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  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Paloff presses using the cable machine.
  • time2cutnow
    time2cutnow Posts: 150 Member
    I do the captains chair with a 10 lb weight between my feet and incline bench with a medicine ball or 10 lb weight. I just started adding weight to my ab routines. Rope crunches are good too.
  • Yellowon02
    Yellowon02 Posts: 76 Member
    Deadlifts
  • time2cutnow
    time2cutnow Posts: 150 Member
    llrmacdougall wrote: »
    Deadlifts

    Deadlifts are great, but I think OP is looking for direct core workouts. (correct me if I'm wrong)
  • Burger2066
    Burger2066 Posts: 126 Member
    time2cutnow wrote: »
    llrmacdougall wrote: »
    Deadlifts

    Deadlifts are great, but I think OP is looking for direct core workouts. (correct me if I'm wrong)

    I love deadlifts. But I am looking for direct core moves or ways to incorporate them into another move (like the cable chest press with a twist like I mentioned above). Thanks for the suggestions so far!
  • mean_and_lean
    mean_and_lean Posts: 164 Member
    Cable crunches kneeling on a bench (I HATE those!), weighted side bends, V-ups with a medicine ball (I actually need to incorporate those in my ab workout).
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    edited January 2016
    I use a 80 lb weighted vest and walk up bleachers. You can do flat bench press with weight only on one side of the bar its super intense so start light. I bench over 300lbs for reps and only use a 35lb plate on one side.. Be warned
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Burger2066 wrote: »
    time2cutnow wrote: »
    llrmacdougall wrote: »
    Deadlifts

    Deadlifts are great, but I think OP is looking for direct core workouts. (correct me if I'm wrong)

    I love deadlifts. But I am looking for direct core moves or ways to incorporate them into another move (like the cable chest press with a twist like I mentioned above). Thanks for the suggestions so far!

    Do you mean pallof press? Those are wicked
  • Burger2066
    Burger2066 Posts: 126 Member
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    Burger2066 wrote: »
    time2cutnow wrote: »
    llrmacdougall wrote: »
    Deadlifts

    Deadlifts are great, but I think OP is looking for direct core workouts. (correct me if I'm wrong)

    I love deadlifts. But I am looking for direct core moves or ways to incorporate them into another move (like the cable chest press with a twist like I mentioned above). Thanks for the suggestions so far!

    Do you mean pallof press? Those are wicked

    I am about to head down to the gym right now and add in the pallof press, both out in front and a vertical press. But the chest press twist I'm talking about is where you are doing a 1 arm chest press with the cable, standing in a hip flexor stretch type position, and press across your body while twisting your abs. It is really hard for me to describe, I'm sure the move has a name, I just don't know what it is. I put a video of me doing it on my instagram a few days ago. JBurger2066.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    On my upper body days I'll work in 3-4 sets each of weighted hanging leg raises and cable crunches. On lower body days I do the same amount of sets but with one arm high-pulley cable side bends and weighted side bends to get obliques. Those are just the ones I always do, depending on how I'm feeling I may do some decline weighted crunches and alternate abs/obliques.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    edited January 2016
    Landmines.

    ETA: looks like most site refer to it as a landmine trunk twist.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    cable crunches
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Weighted L-sits
  • Burger2066
    Burger2066 Posts: 126 Member
    edited January 2016
    I added in the Pallof press (vertical and horizontal) and rope pull downs today (6 sets of each). Definitely good stuff there. I will try some of the others mentioned while I was in the gym.

    Thanks again for the advice everyone.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    The half kneeling variation of pallof press is good too
  • Sumiblue
    Sumiblue Posts: 1,597 Member
    Russian twists with a plate. I use 25lbs
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    "Get-ups" = turkish getups without putting your hand on the floor. :+1:
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