Is planking still cool?
As a fitness center owner and certified personal trainer, I have seen as well as implemented many “workouts” for obliques. Today, I have for you my favorite workouts for working not just obliques, but core in general.
The same exercises have been repeatedly tested to be some of the most effective at tightening your entire core.
Now, I should point out that if your aim is to get rid of love handles, it’s considerably more effective to focus on exercises which reduce body fat. Nevertheless, these exercises will get you a ripped midsection.
The first and also most efficient exercise for strengthening your love handles is the ab bicycle. You do this by lying on your back with your hands behind your head with your knees bent. Crunch across and touch your left elbow to your right knee. In the process, stretch your left foot straight out. You subsequently go to the opposite side and touch your right elbow to your left knee and extend your right leg. That’s one repetition. Execute as many reps as you can until failure. It is among my personal favorites and I use it all the time.
Next is the oblique crunch. It’s similar to the abdominal bicycle in that you touch your elbow to your opposite knee. However, you don’t alternate sides each time. To perform this exercise, lie on your back with your left hand behind your head and your left leg bent with your foot on the floor. Cross your right leg over your left. Then, crunch up and touch your left elbow to your right knee. Perform as many crunches as you can to your right knee and then change sides and go to your left knee. A good idea is to begin with the oblique crunch and proceed to the abdominal bicycle once your oblique muscles get toned.
The last workout is more of a general abdominal exercise, but it’s also superb for strengthening your obliques and your entire core: the hanging leg raise. To carry out this exercise, you may either work with hanging straps attached to a pull up bar or just hold on with your hands from the pull up bar. With your legs hanging down, curl your knees up to your elbows, pause for a second and return them to starting position.
Perform as many as you are able to until throwing up (only kidding). To focus even more on the obliques, you can curl your legs up and turn to each side.
Ladies and gentlemen, these are among my favorite oblique exercises. Give these a shot and very soon, you will start to see some cool lines in your stomach region. Here is a sample workout you could try.
I do 10 reps of each exercise followed by a two minute break. I repeat this circuit three times.
One of the most critical steps in getting your obliques ripped is to make sure your body fat gets low enough to show off your newly developed muscle….
So, I developed a very “strategic” type of cardio when I burned almost 20 pounds of stomach fat in 90 days. And you can use this too.
I put together a free video webinar on this exact type of cardio that you can get on my Facebook page. If you would like it, check out the video at www.facebook.com/loselovehandles101…..
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Talk soon,
Josh
Quick Question: What is your favorite exercise to work your stomach? Let me know in the comments below.
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Those exercise looks kind of hard to execute.
Some of these are challenging, but developing ripped obliques doesn’t come easy. I personally prefer exercises that burn a lot of calories because these exercises tone your abs a lot faster. Thanks for the comment.