Posted: 2/23/10 at 6:40pm | IP Logged

ok,so ive been on a weight lossw program and in the gym for 6 weeks now.....im working on upper body and legs. now i want to work on my core,,,not trying to get ripped just more of a tighter belly area...any suggestions?

bean

Posted: 2/24/10 at 11:58am | IP Logged

A bunch of views and no answer.  I would hazzard a guess that it is because of the wording of your question.

Are you a thrower?  Are you a fitness athlete?  Are you a power lifter?  Are you looking pose down at the beach?

First....there is no such thing as targeted fat reduction.  None.  Ever.  The only way to get an instant 'tighter belly area' is surgery.  I say instant as you have only been working out for 6 weeks?  BAH!  Guys here work out for MONTHS to drop weight and stay strong.

If you are wanting to lift heavy, you lift heavy.  That will work your core.  If you want strong stomach do crunches, cable pulls, blah blah blah.... If you want strong back do back workouts...deads, chins, good mornings, supermans, blah blah blah.

You must have heard all that before...so I can only guess this post was a toungue in cheek thing and then...well you got me.

Posted: 2/24/10 at 3:20pm | IP Logged

I once asked Jeff Bain what he did for abs. His response "I throw the hammer, that's all the core work anyone needs."

Posted: 2/24/10 at 4:44pm | IP Logged

Brother Bean, see my training posts for ideas, feel free to ask questions. Slosh pipe really helps with caber stability, good mornings & situps are also good. Add in Russian twists otherwise known as core crushers as well as the other Mike Baab recomendations and you will be ripped. You and Jeff Baty can have a pose down. Hope to throw with you soon.

Bill Gray

Posted: 2/28/10 at 1:13pm | IP Logged

silverback, thanks for the kind words....same to bill as well.

and dl_buffy...love the sarcasm and cold hard truth...if i pose down at the beach....it'll be the beached whale callendar,lol but im a thrower....in B's looking at the A's.

workout history in the gym has been off and on for years,ive always been strong just by growing up on a farm and on the job training at other jobs that ive had that deals with heavy lifting. so ive been consistantly in the gym now for 6 going on 7 weeks doing alot of upper body and as well as lower body and in 3 weeks have lost 15lbs w/55 more to go.

but all in all i just wanted suggestions to get a better core..cause im looking by no means to get smaller,just better fit and not such a "round shape" that ive always been.

bro in throw,

bean

Posted: 3/04/10 at 9:11pm | IP Logged

thanks guys for the advice......keep em coming...

well i havent been on the farm in about 8 yrs. i graduated high school in 2000,moved away from my hometown in 2002. but during all those years living near home, i of course worked the farm,sawmill,logging,etc...so of course no long distance runner,but i could pull a greasy string through a cat arse....lol

but even after i moved away i stayed active in truck driving transporting heavy equipment,logs,blocks masons laborer....ya know,grunt work...then highland games entered my world back in '06 and that pretty much kept me active in moving heavy stuff...but it just seems that ive lost some of that strength in just recent years,now im into firefighting along with games and i know i had to make a change.

first of february i started performance medicine which consist of phentermine pills and B12 vitamin shots,and wow what a difference,with doing this ive lost 15lbs in three weeks,feel alot better with energy and then with weightlifting on top of that..my world has changed. so thats pretty much up to dat with what im doing,i just want to be more fit,not ripped,but more of a fridge shape,than a keg shape..even though i do have a barrel chest..cant get rid of that....

bean

Posted: 3/08/10 at 2:19pm | IP Logged

i wanna throw in-

Do a power clean with a deep squat combo.

then drop and do floor sweepers

I have gained almost 20 lbs in the last 4 months and still have ab breaks in my gut.

AND- I will also second Craig's comment above. Diet is alot.  I will not eat much white flower, and sugar is a no no.  Well except alcohiol of course :)

Posted: 3/08/10 at 4:10pm | IP Logged

just in case, here is the floor sweeper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJOxHeckpaI

Posted: 3/10/10 at 1:21pm | IP Logged

I do not like the term "core".  This term was created by the fitness industry to sell ab videos and boyancy balls.  Your core is from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head.  You need to address all parts of your body.  Any weak link will stifle the whole.

Posted: 3/11/10 at 9:37am | IP Logged

Yes.

Nothing is done in isolation.  Squats, Olympic lifts, deadlifts, overhead lifts place incredible overload on the midsection.  Medicine ball work, drills, everything works what is termed as "The core"

But for a simple answer.  After each workout do Pre-Stretched Crunches, Russian Twists or side bends for 3 sets of 12.  Simple, straight forward and works.