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What are your favorite core exercises??

igutt
igutt Posts: 97 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
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?

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  • SnifterPug
    SnifterPug Posts: 746 Member
    Dead bugs, hollow hold, Paloff press, woodchoppers
  • MaltedTea
    MaltedTea Posts: 6,286 Member
    Deads, kettlebell swings, DB Russian twists, planks and the variants of all these.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    dead lifts and squats
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    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. :+1:
  • igutt
    igutt Posts: 97 Member
    Y’all are doing some solid work
  • CeeBeeSlim
    CeeBeeSlim Posts: 1,371 Member
    Are there exercises to AVOID if you don’t want a boxy core?
  • igutt
    igutt Posts: 97 Member
    CeeBeeSlim wrote: »
    Are there exercises to AVOID if you don’t want a boxy core?

    What’s a boxy core?
  • meakshi1148
    meakshi1148 Posts: 2 Member
    Thankyou. . Crunches, Squats, Russian Twist, Plan hold, Beast hold are some of my favorite exercises
  • CeeBeeSlim
    CeeBeeSlim Posts: 1,371 Member
    @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
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Squats, deadliftd snd hanging leg raises
  • igutt
    igutt Posts: 97 Member
    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
    igutt Posts: 97 Member
    Chieflrg wrote: »
    dead lifts and squats


    Do you plan to do more direct work or are those two enough to make it stronger?
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    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
    CeeBeeSlim Posts: 1,371 Member
    @sardelsa @igutt

    Thanks for the tips. vacuums? Will research those!
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