What are your favorite core exercises??

igutt

I’ve recently started working out my core instead of just abs and It’s way better than just doing abs so what are your favorite core exercises?

SnifterPug

Dead bugs, hollow hold, Paloff press, woodchoppers

MaltedTea

Deads, kettlebell swings, DB Russian twists, planks and the variants of all these.

Chieflrg

dead lifts and squats

Cherimoose

The ab wheel for the sagittal plane, suitcase carries for the frontal plane, and single-arm press for the transverse plane. And of course deadlifts & squats for overall work.

igutt

Y’all are doing some solid work

CeeBeeSlim

Are there exercises to AVOID if you don’t want a boxy core?

igutt

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

Are there exercises to AVOID if you don’t want a boxy core?

What’s a boxy core?

meakshi1148

Thankyou. . Crunches, Squats, Russian Twist, Plan hold, Beast hold are some of my favorite exercises

CeeBeeSlim

@igutt - sorry for being unclear. I meant a blocky, square or thicker waist. I want to keep my small waist - lose an inch or two or most, tighten it up but not lose the contour. Clearer?

sgt1372

Squats, deadliftd snd hanging leg raises

igutt

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

@igutt - sorry for being unclear. I meant a blocky, square or thicker waist. I want to keep my small waist - lose an inch or two or most, tighten it up but not lose the contour. Clearer?

Well if you do cleans and jerks and exercise like those with a lot more than double your weight on the bar you’ll develop a thicker core but I’d still recommend those exercises because it takes very heavy weight and a lot of consistency in order to get it to become thick

igutt

Chieflrg wrote: »

dead lifts and squats

Do you plan to do more direct work or are those two enough to make it stronger?

sardelsa

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

@igutt - sorry for being unclear. I meant a blocky, square or thicker waist. I want to keep my small waist - lose an inch or two or most, tighten it up but not lose the contour. Clearer?

I would say overdoing the oblique training especially with weights (side bends, oblique crunches) or adding weight to your ab workouts and doing them too frequently. I would imagine everyone is different but if you notice your waist getting too built up then I would avoid those.

For me I like RKC planks, vacuums and my main lifts to help my core.

CeeBeeSlim

@sardelsa @igutt

Thanks for the tips. vacuums? Will research those!