What are your 3 favorite core exercises?

Trail_Addict

Just curious what your top THREE favorite core/ ab exercises are. (I'm looking to add to my list for more variety)

My 3 are:

1. Russian twists w/a kettlebell
2. Hanging knee lifts, with a twist
3. Thai Crucifix (3 second knee-to-elbow touch, each side)

IronSmasher

Hanging leg raises
Dragon flags
Woodchops

KPainter70

Plank and hanging leg lifts. Still looking for a third.

sleepytexan

Stand up paddleboarding (SUP) on the ocean/lagoon
SUP on the lagoon/ocean
SUP on a lake (ok, I've never been SUPing on a lake, but I know it would be my 3rd fave).


EDIT TO ADD: Saw this SUP poster the other day; an ad for Quickblade paddles: shot of a girl paddleboarding; camera is half below, half above very clear blue - Gulf-of-Mexico type water, looking up at her from below. Caption reads: You know that grossed-out feeling you get when you go to use a piece of equipment at the gym and it's covered with someone else's sweat? I don't.

Ha - awesome

taso42

Squats
Deadlifts
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bagelwagon

Squat, deadlift, and power cleans.

LenaMena87

Squats
planks
burpees

ThePhoenixRose

Just curious what your top THREE favorite core/ ab exercises are. (I'm looking to add to my list for more variety)

My 3 are:

1. Russian twists w/a kettlebell
2. Hanging knee lifts, with a twist
3. Thai Crucifix (3 second knee-to-elbow touch, each side)

But do your russian twists on an exercise ball? Adds to the difficulty, and throws in come other muscle groups as well! My FAVORITE!!!

My next 2 are the thai crucifix and planks, both side and standard.

Trail_Addict

Just curious what your top THREE favorite core/ ab exercises are. (I'm looking to add to my list for more variety)

My 3 are:

1. Russian twists w/a kettlebell
2. Hanging knee lifts, with a twist
3. Thai Crucifix (3 second knee-to-elbow touch, each side)

But do your russian twists on an exercise ball? Adds to the difficulty, and throws in come other muscle groups as well! My FAVORITE!!!

My next 2 are the thai crucifix and planks, both side and standard.

Did you mean on a "Bosu Ball" or the regular exercise ball?

ThePhoenixRose

Just curious what your top THREE favorite core/ ab exercises are. (I'm looking to add to my list for more variety)

My 3 are:

1. Russian twists w/a kettlebell
2. Hanging knee lifts, with a twist
3. Thai Crucifix (3 second knee-to-elbow touch, each side)

But do your russian twists on an exercise ball? Adds to the difficulty, and throws in come other muscle groups as well! My FAVORITE!!!

My next 2 are the thai crucifix and planks, both side and standard.

Did you mean on a "Bosu Ball" or the regular exercise ball?

Regular exercise ball. shoulders on the ball, feet flat on the ground, knees bent at 90* angle. I do it with a 15lb kettlebell. AWESOME workout. You'll feel it in your butt, thighs, hips, and core.


ETA - Not the best pic... he should only be twisting at the waist, too much leg movement in this pic, but ya get the general idea.

Awkward30

Handstand pushup attempts
V-ups on a bench, with and without a twist
I feel like I should say plank but they bore the hell out of me, so how about the plank variation where you go from forearms to hands and back

kelleygi

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janeite1990

Great thread! Thanks!

Plank a day
Russians
3?

tigersword

Squats
Deadlifts
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This. Works your core strength more than anything else, really.

kunibob

planks (hurts so good)
straight-legged jacknife on a Swiss ball (these slay me)
deadlifts (falling in love with these)

That being said, I haven't tried a ton of the ones listed in this thread and will check them out.

KxK0509

planks (hurts so good)
straight-legged jacknife on a Swiss ball (these slay me)
deadlifts (falling in love with these)

That being said, I haven't tried a ton of the ones listed in this thread and will check them out.

There are my favorites too. Swiss ball jackknifes are evil. Also like weighted Swiss ball crunches.

firesoforion

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sleepytexan

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This. Works your core strength more than anything else, really.

not more than paddleboarding . . . . but the most has got to be SUP yoga

Trail_Addict

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This. Works your core strength more than anything else, really.

not more than paddleboarding . . . . but the most has got to be SUP yoga

Will certainly give this a try once California slips off into the ocean, and gives us folks from AZ some oceanfront views.

MissingMinnesota

Prone Rows in plank position
Bicycle Crunches
Russian Twists with medicine ball on decline bench

XFitMojoMom

Overhead Squat
GHD sit ups
toes to bar

nutandbutter

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Agreed. I did a deload last week and dropped my squat and deads by 60%. I then did some hanging leg raises; I normally throw them in at the end of my workout because they make me feel ba. They were so much easier to do since I hadn't worked my abs nearly as much as I normally do.

sleepytexan

Squats
Deadlifts
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This. Works your core strength more than anything else, really.

not more than paddleboarding . . . . but the most has got to be SUP yoga

Will certainly give this a try once California slips off into the ocean, and gives us folks from AZ some oceanfront views.

you guys got any pools there?