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What are your 3 favorite core exercises?

Trail_Addict
Trail_Addict Posts: 1,340 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
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)
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  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Hanging leg raises
    Dragon flags
    Woodchops
  • KPainter70
    KPainter70 Posts: 152
    Plank and hanging leg lifts. Still looking for a third.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    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

    poster_grossed_out.jpg
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Squats
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  • bagelwagon
    bagelwagon Posts: 20 Member
    Squat, deadlift, and power cleans.
  • LenaMena87
    LenaMena87 Posts: 469 Member
    Squats
    planks
    burpees
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    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
    Trail_Addict Posts: 1,340 Member
    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
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    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.
    russian_twist_upper.jpg

    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
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    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
    kelleygi Posts: 583 Member
    bump
  • janeite1990
    janeite1990 Posts: 671 Member
    Great thread! Thanks!

    Plank a day
    Russians
    3?
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    This. Works your core strength more than anything else, really.
  • kunibob
    kunibob Posts: 608 Member
    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. :smile:
  • KxK0509
    KxK0509 Posts: 28 Member
    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. :smile:

    There are my favorites too. Swiss ball jackknifes are evil. Also like weighted Swiss ball crunches.
  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
    Bump!
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
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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

    yoga_sup1.jpg

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  • Trail_Addict
    Trail_Addict Posts: 1,340 Member
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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. :tongue:
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    Prone Rows in plank position
    Bicycle Crunches
    Russian Twists with medicine ball on decline bench
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    Overhead Squat
    GHD sit ups
    toes to bar

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