Favorite Core Exercises

[Halfgermanpinoy]

Also using TRX

[VirginBen]

If you were to consider Pilates core exercises, they are far more effective as a routine for control--especially, if you have a lower back injury. All primary muscle exercises work the core.

 

I have been working out for 30 years with reasonable results. My roommate in college was a junior state champion bodybuilder (retired). He urged me not to waste time in the gym. Instead he said do only 5 exercises 3x / week!

• shoulder
• chest
• abs
• back
• legs

If you exercise your primary/major muscle groups properly, you will also exercise the secondary or tertiary muscles (the only reason to isolate secondary and tertiary muscles is for definition)--unless you are a professional body builder, you do NOT want this. It's not healthy.

 

10 - 12 reps per set (3 sets until you reach your fitness goal then drop to just one set)--the only reason to do more is if you want to look like a bodybuilder--to be healthy you do NOT want that at all--you want to be lean and tone. Oh, and it takes less than half an hour.

Switch up your exercises every 6 weeks (muscle memory)

Yes, you need cardio. Up to an hour a day until you meet your fitness goal. Then you can cut back to 30mins 3x a week if you are also active in other ways.

Ask a woman whether she like a guy with popping veins, or one with a swimmer's body.

[k28]

Planks

[justin_P]

planking

[maddromeo]

squats and benchpress!!!

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Planks Spiderman pushupsLeg raises

[davemust]

squat + deadlift + Pullup

[bughaw1]

grabe planking..hold for a minute..solid.

[Ctrl.Alt.Delicious]

It's always a push and pull exercise together, for example bench press (push) triceps extension (pull). Plank with diagonal arm lift.

[krone23]

Squats + Deadlifts + Hanging leg raises

[burgalis]

anyone tried roller? Im thinking of buying one

[Edmund Dantes]

anyone tried roller? Im thinking of buying one

Yeah I do this, masaya ito at malakas tama sa abs

 

But I dont do core so much. Kahit anon lifts naman halos you can workout the core din

[CardingTigas]

Yeah I do this, masaya ito at malakas tama sa abs

 

But I dont do core so much. Kahit anon lifts naman halos you can workout the core din

 

lalo na squats and dead lifts, pero wag na wag kalimutan ang leg raise to failure =)

[Edmund Dantes]

 

lalo na squats and dead lifts, pero wag na wag kalimutan ang leg raise to failure =)

 

The squat is one of the best weighted exercise there is. I think in any training program dapat kasali ito. It mainly hits thighs but it activates almost all your muscle groups including forearms

 

This is one exercise I dont really try to add too much weights on, instead I practice going lower lower lower until makuha ko yung ass-to-grass form. Squat kasi is more about perfect form than weight. And yes maganda tama nya sa core kasi kelangan higpitan mo husto sikmura mo at likod para makuha mo ng sobrang pababa.

[Edmund Dantes]

Here is another tip I got.

 

Do most of your lifts from a standing position instead of a seated one. For example, if you do the military press, bicep curl, shrugs, or any shoulder exercise dont use a gym chair. What this does is force your core and leg muscles to tighten up. Kaya nga pag nahihirapan na sa bicep curls minsan sa paa at sikmura ka hihingi ng pwersa.