Get up that yard.
I raise my shoulders/body about six inches off the ground, neck and back completely straight and cruch my abs. It’s a slight movement rather than big sit up type crunch.
Jesus lads, stop with the crunches.
NOTE: There is no such thing as a 6 pack, as in what we see as a 6 pack is basically indentations. The abdominal area is all ine muscle, train it accordingly. There is a need for reverse crunches and other core exercises for abductors, Glutes, obliques etc. but for the front of your stomach, it’s planks and all it’s variations, pikes, roll outs etc. train the core almost like the lower body, as a whole.
[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 783257, member: 273”]Jesus lads, stop with the crunches.
NOTE: There is no such thing as a 6 pack, as in what we see as a 6 pack is basically indentations. The abdominal area is all ine muscle, train it accordingly. There is a need for reverse crunches and other core exercises for abductors, Glutes, obliques etc. but for the front of your stomach, it’s planks and all it’s variations, pikes, roll outs etc. train the core almost like the lower body, as a whole.[/quote]
No exercise at all for stomach?
I’d do planks on other days- hanging leg raises too. Being honest, it’s my weak point and I know I have to improve core.
[quote=“ChocolateMice, post: 783256, member: 168”]Get up that yard.
I raise my shoulders/body about six inches off the ground, neck and back completely straight and cruch my abs. It’s a slight movement rather than big sit up type crunch.[/quote]
Do your legs come into you. Basically the thing to avoid is bring the kneck too forward, not bringing your shoulders up in a rounded motion.
To be honest, I’d just avoid ten for safety. Unless someone is standing over you teaching it its too dicey. Can put alot of strain in already weak lower backs.
WTF is a plank?
[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 783260, member: 273”]Do your legs come into you. Basically the thing to avoid is bring the kneck too forward, not bringing your shoulders up in a rounded motion.
To be honest, I’d just avoid ten for safety. Unless someone is standing over you teaching it its too dicey. Can put alot of strain in already weak lower backs.[/quote]
The only movement is really my stomach but it probably is a lazy way out of thinking i’ve done core work.
Read the British Lions thread, plenty of them in there.
[quote=“ChocolateMice, post: 783259, member: 168”]No exercise at all for stomach?
I’d do planks on other days- hanging leg raises too. Being honest, it’s my weak point and I know I have to improve core.[/quote]
The planks is contracting the abs, at least it should, breathing really helps.
Hanging leg raises are vital, again done properly (no swinging) they are great in the warm up to help hip Flexors (piriformis in particular)warm up and they are also an important core exercise.
In reflection I should not really be telling guys to do Cobra’s either without instruction, they are a brilliant exercise for strengthening lower back. So are Snatch grip Dead lifts, but you have to be good at DL’s first before pushing on with grips and all that.
A measure of manliness
Holding yourself parallel to the ground on your toes and forearms. Contracting your core thru long breathes while straight but relaxed.
Saw a young traveller below in the boxing gym do one for 12 minutes the other day:eek:
What brings you to a boxing gym, Chewy? You doing a bit?
An old boy from Kilkishen runs one over here with his sons. Find it far better than going to the gym as he will work the bollocks off you for an hour and the time flies by. I normally just go through the motions in the gym on my own and can lack motivation and prefer to have someone driving me on
That’s that thing about the travellers, they never know when they are bate
Good stuff… I was fairly uninterested in the gym myself for ages, tough to keep at it. The Moyross boxing club have a savage class they offer but timing doesn’t suit.
A 12 minute plank is ridiculous however.
Had a 6km jog this evening which I did in little over 30 mins and I was quite pleased with the outcome as I felt I had another few kms left in the tank.
kev will be seething…are you not listening to anything he says??..the days of long rocky bilboa type runs through the streets are long gone…you´d be better off doing ten 60 metre and ten 80 metre sprints with short intervals in between each sprint…
Totti, keep up the running. Great for the mind and body. Nothing like it. If you’re interested in toning up and hate the gym, have a crack at training for a triathlon. Cross training is great to keep the injuries at bay. If you can swim, it is great for both fitness and recovery.
Interval training is the job alright to improve your running times and fitness but one long relaxed run a week will really stand to you. I’d recommend doing longer distances for the intervals than scumpot suggests unless you are training for soccer, etc (e.g. 400m x 8, 1km x 5, or pyramid e.g 400m, 600m, 800m, 1 km, 800m, 600m, 400m with about a 2 minute break between each). Keep it varied to keep the freshness. Don’t kill yourself in training. Freshness is a key.
If you can include a bit of core strength training in, e.g planks, etc. it will stand to you too. I don’t have the discipline to fit it all in.
Is there any point in a 12 minute plank? It’s a stationary exercise, wouldn’t saw planks or rainbow planks at least be better?
And what do you mean there’s no such thing as a 6 pack Kev? You train all the stomach muscles, you keep your body fat low enough, it looks rapid. Your not going to tell me there’s something wrong with that now too? 
[quote=“glasagusban, post: 784871, member: 1533”]Is there any point in a 12 minute plank? It’s a stationary exercise, wouldn’t saw planks or rainbow planks at least be better?
And what do you mean there’s no such thing as a 6 pack Kev? You train all the stomach muscles, you keep your body fat low enough, it looks rapid. Your not going to tell me there’s something wrong with that now too? [/quote]
As in they are not 3 or 6 different sets of muscles, yet many trainers etc get people doing lower abs, upper and ( I was recently told crunches did the top 2 parts of 6 pack). You are right, good diet, general core training is what gives the flat or 6 pack look.
You are right, more complex planks is te way to go. 12 mins is a sign I great core stability an on its own is an impressive feat. But much like the lad who can run 9’30 for a 3KM time trial but can’t solo the ball it’s not much use.