12:42 pm
September 10, 2011
Offline4:35 pm
May 22, 2011
OfflineI just read your post where you were injured. I wouldn't be in a hurry to ush your body yet, but to offer some advice about your question. It all depends on where your level of strength is. I think standard push ups are a decent indicator of strength. If you haven't been training then working on sets of push ups will help. I like to hold myself in the up position after each set and focus on the "plank" position and isometric squeezing. I think if you can hold an elbow / forearm plank for a decent amount of time then you can safely add resistance. For injury protection the core is all about stabilization not movement.
So while you are injured I would focus on body weight resistance for now.
3:44 am
September 10, 2011
Offlinei was talking about my future program, i cant do anything while injured really, i can barely lift my right arm hahahaha, i already do 500 reps of push ups (30 wide, 30 hip, 30 inclined, etc..) but not continues, i take 10-20 sec rest between each 30, anyways i guess my question wasnt clear, so. to make it short, which is better? weighted crunches? or body weight crunches?/ Weighted leg raises? body weight leg raises?, and i still prefer 500 push ups rather than 10x3 bench press with 70 pound…seems more effective, but the question was about abs exercises not other muscle exercises.
8:08 am
May 22, 2011
OfflineIf you are doing 500 reps of push ups it's definitely time to add resistance. As for your question, I don't separate my ab exercises and core exercises. Your core consists of roughly the area of your lower chest down to your knees. It's all connected. So if you are doing an overhead squat with 300 pounds then your core strength is well above average.
Adding weight to the core exercises is again a question of where you are at. If your doing that many sets of push ups then you are probably ready to add resistance. My preferred methods are push ups , planks and the deadlift.
8:39 am
September 10, 2011
OfflineI am not a big fan of weight lifting when it comes to arms or chest or back really, but yeah, in my new program i will begin to weight lift. How will push ups and deadlifts work my core? I know core takes a big role in stabilization, but in push ups? i always thought that it is the lats that are keeping you in place while push ups, and hamstrings, calves, shin muscles that stabilize you in deadlifts? Well, however, read an article somewhere on the internet and many coaches told me that most of the striking power comes from the obliques and lower abs for kicks and upper abs for punches, i was wondering what is a good way to improve lower abs,upper abs, and oblique muscles? i am already doing lower back stuff and quadriceps exercises too.
10:17 am
May 22, 2011
OfflineAdham "The Spartan" said:
I am not a big fan of weight lifting when it comes to arms or chest or back really, but yeah, in my new program i will begin to weight lift. How will push ups and deadlifts work my core? I know core takes a big role in stabilization, but in push ups? i always thought that it is the lats that are keeping you in place while push ups, and hamstrings, calves, shin muscles that stabilize you in deadlifts? Well, however, read an article somewhere on the internet and many coaches told me that most of the striking power comes from the obliques and lower abs for kicks and upper abs for punches, i was wondering what is a good way to improve lower abs,upper abs, and oblique muscles? i am already doing lower back stuff and quadriceps exercises too.
You said you do 500 push ups but you don't like weight lifting for the upper body. Your body adapts to the demands of training so unless your going to add some form of resistance then you will have to add more reps and that seems futile.
Push ups require you to keep your body rigid so its the core stabilizing the body. Same in simplistic terms for the deadlift.
It's true striking power comes from the abs and obliques etc, but also the hips and feet and good technique. The body is "one piece" and acts as a kinetic chain. That's why I personally don't do specific ab exercises.
Think about this, who has a stronger core, a guy who deadlifts regularly or a guy who busts out 3 sets of 10 sit ups or crunches ? I will go with the deadlift every time.
10:31 am
September 10, 2011
OfflineI gotta go with the sit ups and crunches man, sorry, i mean.. i have been doing both, and i have seen people doing both, and crunches/sit ups variations won, while i was doing this kind of core training, my bro was going crunches and sit ups and etc.., when we went sparring at a kickboxing gym, he could take hits as much as he wants in hes abs, i got 1 hit down and almost puked, by that time, i use to bench press 50 pound and he bench pressed 40 pounds, i use to should press about 60 and he shoulder pressed 30, and still, hes hooks and crosses were stronger even tho we both used our core while hitting, he was stronger..after i changed my core type training into training each part of the core on its on, i felt MUCH better, but that doesn't mean i don't do any more planks, i still do the roll outs and planks variations, just didn't make them the main deal of my core. hard punchers are born not made though…i have a naturally power in my striking, when i went taekwondo i found that the new kicking techniques were stronger, when i learned the punches, i found out that my new punching techniques were more powerful, so yeah, techniques boost the power by a good percent, but it wont keep increasing your power, after all you will reach the perfect jab sooner or later, the theory that says "Best way to get a stronger jab is to do jab" is also a good theory and it works, but not as effective as training the muscles you use in that punch, just personal experience :D :D
(Took me 3 minutes writing all of that…<–this doesn't count :D)
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