Core Workout Ideas?!

abbytomney
abbytomney Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I find that my core is the area that needs the most work... but its also the most boring area to exercise. Does anyone have any good youtube videos or links to share with fun and effective core workouts?!

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  • katlyngronwoldt85
    katlyngronwoldt85 Posts: 49 Member
    I use Fitnessblender.com. its free and they have Lois of awesome free videos!
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    edited May 2018
    "fun" is relative.

    Pivot presses, turkish getups, single-side carries.

    Also, calorie deficit.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Planks, side planks, mountain climbers, bicycles, leg lifts, russian twists.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Planks. The answer is always f'n planks. :D:#
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    Except when it's deadbugs.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    yoga, running, pilates
    all "fun" to me
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    edited May 2018
    estherdragonbat wrote: »
    Except when it's deadbugs.

    Oh yes, weighted deadbugs are great. Plank variations, ab rollout, L-sits, hanging leg lifts, straight arm work (straight arm pull downs, straight arm balls(from hanging), straight arm V-ups(from hanging), dragon levers, other lever progressions, etc.

    This is assuming your goal is truly to build up your core strength and not to get a flat tummy with visible abs.

    Edit - oh, and pullups are a GREAT core exercise.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    mom23mangos wrote: »
    estherdragonbat wrote: »
    Except when it's deadbugs.

    Oh yes, weighted deadbugs are great. Plank variations, ab rollout, L-sits, hanging leg lifts, straight arm work (straight arm pull downs, straight arm balls(from hanging), straight arm V-ups(from hanging), dragon levers, other lever progressions, etc.

    This is assuming your goal is truly to build up your core strength and not to get a flat tummy with visible abs.

    Edit - oh, and pullups are a GREAT core exercise.

    That's what I came in to say.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    I also do something I don't see a lot of here out of a book on strength-training. It's called a Deep-abs ball-transfer.

    Lie on your back, knees bent, feet on the floor, arms stretched out behind your head, holding a ball (weighted or unweighted, depending on what you're ready for) between your hands.

    Suck your navel into your spine, raise the ball forward in both hands as you lift your knees and bring them toward your chest. Transfer the ball from between your hands to between your knees, return briefly to starting position, then bring knees back up and hands forward and pass the ball back to your hands. That's one rep.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    abbytomney wrote: »
    I find that my core is the area that needs the most work

    Why do you think that? Exercises don't target fat or loose skin, if that's what you're trying to do.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    I like Jessica Smith TV

    http://jessicasmithtv.com/top-10-abs-workouts-youtube/
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Oh and burpees.

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