Obliques are rarely mentioned when it comes to core training and therefore I’ve never consistently targeted them when training my core… Am i selling myself short by not focusing on them?
I think a set of built obliques looks great and good for you if you wanna target them. prepare to be cited as a newb and such for sugesting this idea. I’ve tried…
I target them once weekly for a few exercises. Here are some good ones.
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Lie on your back, hands under your ass, feet 6" from the ground. This is the starting position for flutter kicks, leg raises, etc. Raise your legs to 90 degrees and rotate your trunk left to right but dont contact the ground. They are called windshield wipers due to the motion of your legs.
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On a decline ab bench, grab a med ball or weight plate and hold it straight out in front of you with your abs contracted and body parallel to the ground. Make sure you maintain your lumbar curvature. Rotate left to right.
[quote]LilDaDDyDreW wrote:
Obliques are rarely mentioned when it comes to core training and therefore I’ve never consistently targeted them when training my core… Am i selling myself short by not focusing on them?[/quote]
No, you are not selling yourself short. Many lifters even avoid training them much because it can make your waist look bigger. Brian Buchanan, a bodybuilder with possibly the smallest waist seen on stage, never built them up because of this.
There must have been some Ryan Reynold’s movie on tv recently for this to get this many posts in one day.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
LilDaDDyDreW wrote:
Obliques are rarely mentioned when it comes to core training and therefore I’ve never consistently targeted them when training my core… Am i selling myself short by not focusing on them?
No, you are not selling yourself short. Many lifters even avoid training them much because it can make your waist look bigger. Brian Buchanan, a bodybuilder with possibly the smallest waist seen on stage, never built them up because of this.
There must have been some Ryan Reynold’s movie on tv recently for this to get this many posts in one day.[/quote]
Haha… but he’s so hyooge in Blade Trinity!
In all seriousness, the oblique issue is dependant on the goals. If it’s aesthetics, you’re probably alright skipping over them for the most part, you’ll get indirect work on them alone from other exercises. If you’d like to amp up your core strength, though, I don’t think they should be overlooked… if you train your core separately, that is.
Lol at professor X what does Ryan Reynolds have to do with anything? And i didn’t even know who that guy was before reading posts of yours and others on this site your making that dude famous.
When I do pistols, bulgarian split squats and one arm DB rows I feel my obliques working a lot, just those for some reason. The only oblique work I would do would be twisting exercises like woodchops, full contact twists and russian twists (#2 above).
[quote]LilDaDDyDreW wrote:
Obliques are rarely mentioned when it comes to core training and therefore I’ve never consistently targeted them when training my core… Am i selling myself short by not focusing on them?[/quote]
Obliques are rarely mentioned when it comes to ABS training.
Core training utilizes lots of rotation, stability, and uneven surfaces, all of which put tremendous strain on the obliques. At the very least, I’d include rotational and stability work in any program I do.
Question; When you have a question like the OP, is it normal to post a question here in an appropriate forum first or does it make sense to do a web search first, then if you can’t find your answer or do get an answer but want a more detailed and varied response you post it here?
The reason I’m wondering is that I’ve responded to quite a few posts by taking a moment on Google and finding everything you need to know right there in under 30 seconds.
Everything from a complete list of oblique exercises with pictures to whether or not vinegar reduces the insulin response to a meal. 30 seconds tops.
Seems a little more immediate than posting here and waiting for responses that may never come.
Just curious that’s all.
EDIT; ukrainian, I see what you mean below, I guess I was referring more to the hueylewis post about the same subject. But it still holds true in so many other threads here. I just can’t understsnd how little research people do before they post here (this OP not included).
[quote]derek wrote:
Question; When you have a question like the OP, is it normal to post a question here in an appropriate forum first or does it make sense to do a web search first, then if you can’t find your answer or do get an answer but want a more detailed and varied response you post it here?
The reason I’m wondering is that I’ve responded to quite a few posts by taking a moment on Google and finding everything you need to know right there in under 30 seconds.
Everything from a complete list of oblique exercises with pictures to whether or not vinegar reduces the insulin response to a meal. 30 seconds tops.
Seems a little more immediate than posting here and waiting for responses that may never come.
Just curious that’s all.[/quote]
I think he just wanted to know if it is worth doing Oblique exercises, not what exercises work them. And, he wanted his opinion from experienced people in the field. So, I guess it honestly is.
I have pretty big obliques, but I’ve never trained them directly. My guess is its from all the heavy deadlifting and squating.
[quote]LilDaDDyDreW wrote:
Obliques are rarely mentioned when it comes to core training and therefore I’ve never consistently targeted them when training my core… Am i selling myself short by not focusing on them?[/quote]
Another great exercise for strengtheing your obliques is the almight… suitcase deadlift. That exercise can literally make you its b—h… tough but very effective.
[quote]mthomps wrote:
I have pretty big obliques, but I’ve never trained them directly. My guess is its from all the heavy deadlifting and squating.[/quote]
I had the same situation when I trained more like a powerlifter. As asthetics became more of a goal, I altered my training to reduce my waist a bit. The reason you may get labled a ‘newb’ is because if you’re training with any decent program and any decent intensity, your obliques will look just fine.
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i once saw this rap or r&b video with this guy and he was naked and the camera was just a bit above where a black bar would be. he had really developed abs and obliques and i did not really like it.
i do oblique crunches but i heard that they focus more on the six pack area. but i guess it does the obliques too so i do them in case i get kicked in the side of my stomach.again.
It has been pretty much covered (aesthetics no, function yes) but i will add that the ext. obliques are a strange one…
In some people, they need to train them specifically to make sure their waist isnt TOO small from the front, yes, it can happen! and others, dare no train them incase they transform into a blocky brick.
I consistently have a twist in my poses, and place a hand strategically by my waist on quarter turns especially to minimise my own waist.
Like a girl.
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