Posts Tagged ‘stability exercises’


2 Awesome Ab Exercises

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Deep down inside everyone that works out would love to see their abs or what is known as a “6 pack”.  Yea some say they workout to stay healthy or to prevent injury or for various other reason but you can’t tell me that if given a choice they wouldn’t want a chiseled mid-section under that t-shirt just waiting to show it off.

Now if you don’t know this yet you are about to know that achieving that ripped midsection has more to do with what you stuff in your mouth than what exercises you select.  Getting lean enough to see your abs is nutrition based and you simply cannot out exercised poor eating.  Performing core work everyday for hours on end will not give you the abs your looking for if your stuffing calzones down your throat.

With that being said, today’s blog will be about choosing the best exercises for your core so that when you do shed those layers of body-fat your abs will look even that much better.  It is also about keeping your body healthy and a good core training routine should teach you how to use your abdominal while performing other tasks.

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Improve Shoulder Stability & Core Strength

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Today I have a little exercise video for you that I think is a great core strengthener as well as a shoulder stabilizer. The video you will see below is of a Blast Strap Push Up. You can purchase Blast Straps at www.elitefts.com here.

I love to use this exercise as one of my assistance exercises in an upper body day. I also use it on a recovery day to increase blood flow to the chest and shoulder region. I will perform blast strap push ups after my bench workout or after a military press workout to add much needed volume to my workout. What I like to do is combine it with a pulling movement and perform each back to back for 3 to 4 sets.

This exercise puts a great amount of added stress to your stabilizers in your shoulder since the straps are not stationary and they move freely causing your shoulders to create the stability in order to perform the exercise. By doing so the body also recruits the abdominal region to help the shoulder stabilizers to hold still. This puts much needed added stress to the core muscles which in turn will create a healthier mid-section. This is a great variation to the push up and should be included in any advanced training program.

Tip of the Day: Instead of doing the normal dumbbell bench press or incline bench press after your bench press training, try throwing the blast strap push up into the routine for a few weeks. It will get you off your back and in a position that stresses your abs as well as pumps some volume into your chest region.

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