anyone?
I have got a set of workouts on my hard-drive, P90X
There is one called ab-ripper x. Holy mother of god its a killer.
Apart from attempting that every now and again i cant do much. Thats maybe why im a fattie and hurt like hell after a good bike ride.
Wanna buy a Lynne Robinson DVD?
Bouldering has done wonders for my core strength and balance.
Ashtanga Yoga
Can't remember a lot of the core stability exercises I used to do... lots of them involved exercise balls ('swiss' balls).
You can do planks on either side, sit ups (& on ball), sit ups with twists (& on ball), back extensions (lie on your front with your feet wedged under something then raise your back and shoulders), press ups (& with ball), plank with a ball...
HTH
alternate crunches, single leg squats and leg raises?
wouldn't have thought bouldering to do anything specific for core strength.
Side planks on stability balls, forward planks on stability balls (forearms on ball), kneel on the stability ball, stand on the stability ball, get a mate to through a medicine ball at you whilst you stand/ kneel on a stability ball, do a squat on a stability ball, press ups with knees/shins/feet/toes on stability ball, press-up with both hands on stability ball, press-ups with hands on two small stability balls, press-ups with one hand on a small stability ball/ medicine ball and one on the floor switch hands, oblique (the side of your torso up to your ribcage with your legs in a v shape on the floor) crunches on stability ball, leg extension on stability ball, one leg dead-lifts, one leg squats, and all of your usual exercises that are done sitting can be done on the ball like dumb-bell flys etc. Not really core but ab exercises like stability ball crunches with feet on the floor, crunches with feet on the wall, lie on the floor and grip a ball with your legs pass it to your hands wit your lower back remaining on the floor stretch out horizontally with head and legs just above floor, return to vertical and swap ball from your hands to your feet and repeat. Seated twists basically sit down hold a weight out stretched in front of you with a two hand grip and rotate the torso. That's all I can think of off the top of my head for the moment.
Your best bet is to get to your local gym book a personal training session and ask them to chow you as many core exercises as they know as they need to be done with proper form or they won't do you any good at all as with most things quality is far superior to quantity 100 sit ups don't do anything unless executed correctly.
Iain
sex?
Any "unstable" ab exercise, press ups with feet on a swiss ball, surfing, martial arts, off road running - all help core muscles. Ballerinas have incredible core strength - far more than any bodybuilder.
Pilates is excellent for this.
sex?
Is that an offer? and do i need to pay for it? 😉
this is weird - I was going to ask the very same question tonight!!
Thanks
Rachel
Learn to ride a unicycle
unicycling does wonders - was the main reason i took it up !
unicycle - swiss ball work and the plank sorts me right out - not had back pain when riding for a fair while .... even during my last 24 solo which is un heard of for me !
Found this the other day,watch the video its quite good.
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/mtb-strength-training-core-training-1-2010.html