core training

[dfc]

any of you guys do any core training? I started ading it in 3x a week hopefully it will help on some big lifts and get me a bit more dense i hope,any input?

[Scrumhalf]

Does your gym have an ab wheel? I started using it recently as part of moving my focus more towards functional fitness. It is a killer exercise. Go to rosstraining.com and look at some of his videos on using the ab wheel. Also, planks are great for building core strength.

[dfc]

yea they do and thanks for the site. D

[Scrumhalf]

When I first learned about planks, I remember thinking 'What's so hard about holding a flat position for a few minutes, this is a joke!'. Then the exercise kicked my ass and now I know better... LOL.

[Gluesniffer]

"Core" can have different meanings.

[Shibby]

Does your gym have an ab wheel? I started using it recently as part of moving my focus more towards functional fitness. It is a killer exercise. Go to rosstraining.com and look at some of his videos on using the ab wheel. Also, planks are great for building core strength.

The wheel is a good one. The main focus should be to do things in a simple movement. Not a bunch of twisting or contorting. Do things that feel like natural movements ("functional fitness" SH).

[Scrumhalf]

"Core" can have different meanings.

Well yeah, if you count things like the core of the earth, grindcore, an apple's core, etc.

I think it is well established that in the context of physical fitness, "core" refers to the muscles that stabilize the spine and the pelvis, where most power is derived from regardless of what what physical motion you do.

[liftsiron]

Squats, Deads, bentover rows, leg presses etc. all contribute to core training as well as working abs.

[Gluesniffer]

I think it is well established that in the context of physical fitness, "core" refers to the muscles that stabilize the spine and the pelvis, where most power is derived from regardless of what what physical motion you do.

Some might say that the core is what you build with all the basic exercices like squats, bench, deadlifts and also lower back and ab work.

Squats, Deads, bentover rows, leg presses etc. all contribute to core training as well as working abs.

Do you count deads and bentover rows as good exercices to strengthen the spine stabilizing muscles, without first strengthening them with more subtle means like ab and lower back work?

[liftsiron]

I would advise a new trainer to go very light with exercises like deads and rows until somewhat stable core strength is developed, I would also advise doing additional ab and low back work.

[Konitz]

Shouldn't you be careful with core training in the aspect of BBing? You could lose a nice v taper because your pelvic muscles bulked up; I know from doing standing military presses when I was on my maximum strength kick and being over 6 ft tall those muscles in my midsection got big fast and now I have a sort of blocky waist.

[Gluesniffer]

I would advise a new trainer to go very light with exercises like deads and rows until somewhat stable core strength is developed, I would also advise doing additional ab and low back work.

And what would you consider as somewhat stable core strength?

[liftsiron]

And what would you consider as somewhat stable core strength?

It would vary from individual to individual.

[Gluesniffer]

It would vary from individual to individual.

OK, probably, but on average, is there something you should be able to do regarding ab work or say good mornings to be able to say "I have stable core strength"?