Posts Tagged ‘best core exercise’

The Absolute Best Exercise of All Time to Finally Get a 6-Pack

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

If you clicked on the link because you thought you were REALLY looking for that exercise, well…..

Seriously, you didn’t believe there was such a thing as a “magical exercise” that would FINALLY get you a 6-pack, did you?

Regardless, here are the REAL exercises that will get you a 6-pack…even better, I will them in a comprehensible program for you to follow:

A1- Eat lean meat

A2- Eat more fruits and vegetables

A3- Eat nuts

Rest for a few hours, and repeat a couple times a day.  That’s it.  To ensure you don’t fall into overtraining, you should avoid any extra exercises, like “eat processed foods”.

Rule of thumb: if you can find it in a grocery store aisle, don’t eat it

Alright, enough with this nonsense.

Hopefully you understood that what I was trying to say is that the best (and necessary) way to achieve your body composition goals is to eat a clean, healthy diet of natural, unprocessed foods.

There are no magical exercises, no special training protocol, and no miraculous supplement that will EVER compensate for a shitty diet.

Of course…

I understand that what we constantly see on TV, on the internet, and hear on the radio keeps cultivating the belief that you can achieve your body composition goals with minimal effort.

But that’s nothing but a dream.  None of these diets work without the effort.  None of these exercises will make you lose your belly fat in 5 minutes per day.  And no this “special” supplement won’t work unless you change your dietary and exercise habits, too.

All of those ideals are nothing but marketing to get to buy into whatever those companies are trying to sell.  Hear me loud and clear when I say that none of them work.

I mean, unless it’s the shake weight…..

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The Most Versatile Core Exercise

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Debatable, I know…Putting up a title like “the greatest exercise ever” or “the best exercise” label on something is hard and can brings you a lot critique because there is just so many factors to account for depending on who you train, the set up of your facility, clients’ injuries, etc.  And let’s face it we all have different opinions.  But before I start to elaborate on the hows and whys we may have different opinion, I’ll get back to the essential of today’s post! (and I assume you get the point!)

The Belly Press (also called the Pallof Press) is, in opinion, the most versatile core exercise out there because it has so many uses and so many variations.  The standard Standing Belly Press is typically an anti-rotation exercise for the core muscles.  The exercise is so simple and at the same time so effective, that it really is one of the best exercise out there.  Usually, the exercise needs very little coaching cues, and people feel very easily in the right place.  Mike Boyle has mentioned before that an exercise that requires little coaching and gives you the outcome you’re looking for is basically something that should be in your program.  And depending on what variation you use, you can use more component than just anti-rotation for the core.

If you’ve been using the Belly Press for a little while, use the following variations to add some variety in your programs.  And if you don’t use it, start using it today!

- Standing Belly Press (the basic exercise):

- 1/2 Kneeling Belly Press:

- Tall Kneeling Belly Press:

- Split Stance Belly Press:

- Belly-to-Overhead Press:

- Belly Press Iso-Hold Walk Out:

And if you want to add more challenge to any of these variations, try the perturbations, which creates an unpredictable environment and require more stabilization:

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