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Old 06-10-2006, 11:36 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BabyPhenom
add to list, planks, overhead squats, Turkish getups
uhhh... they're already on there big guy.
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Originally Posted by Madmick
Don't take the categories too seriously. It's impossible to neatly divide exercises; these are just general focuses. Also, I tried to restrict the list to exercises that are more intensive for the core than other muscle groups. Obviously, the deadlift is one of the most potent core exercises, period. But if you're doing hyperextensions and not deadlifts, I can't help you.

I just got tired of this being asked all the time. Suggestions are welcome.


Bodyweight
Dragon Flags
Planks
V-Ups
Sit-Ups
Reverse Sit-Ups
Swiss Ball Crunches
Leg Raises/Flutter Kicks/Clock Swings
Bicycles/Scissors
Spears/Supermans
Skydivers
Ab Wheel Roll-Outs
Lateral Bridges
Captains Chair
Hanging Knee/Leg Raises
Butt Rows

Upper Abdominals
Weighted Sit-Ups
Turkish Get-Ups
Standing Ab Pull-Downs

Lower Abdominals/Back
Suitcase Deadlifts
GHR/Reverse GHR
Hyperextensions
Weighted Reverse Sit-Ups
Overhead Squats

Obliques/Serratus
Windmills
Side Deadlifts
Twisting Deadlifts
Saxon Side Bends
Full Contact Twists
Russian Twists
Side Presses
Oblique Extensions
Iron Coil
Medicine Ball Twists

Hips
Standing Cable Abductors/Adductors
Machine Lever Abductors/Adductors

Dynamic
Full Contact Twists
High-Pulley Pull-Downs (Sledgehammers)
Sit-Ups w/Overhead Medicine Ball Throws
Standing Backwards Overhead Medicine Ball Throws
Medicine Ball Side Throws
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Find yourself in a maniac's mind: carnivorous, lusting and fulfilled by the the atrocities you commit. Be assured in your dominance. Lick your canines and incisors, and smile. Now lift.

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