ricefarmer

what is core strenght exactly? where is it?

which excersizes gives u the core strenght, and does core strength exclude bench presses...

my understanding is... clean and presses, squats, and lots of compound movements....

can anyone help?

EastPhilly

Core stregnth is everything from your knees to your pecs. It is very important. It gives alot of power in your punches and your kicks and helps you take body shots. Heres a great article with some examples:

Bodybuilding.com - Muscle Media - Full Contact Abs With Pavel Tsatsouline.

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kishiro

not only in the striking game is it important, with no core strength you are nothing in the grappling game.

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EastPhilly

Very true. With good core strength you can minipulate your opponent much easier and work on your back easier.

Upon further research(Pat Militich's(sp?)article in the recent Maxim Magazine) Core muscles help stabalize and protect the spine.

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Hawk

What would be a great core workout for starters

Uchaaa

Legs, butt, lower back, abs. Deadlift and Squats will give you power.

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uncrck2

Squats, deadlift, benchpress, incline bench press, CLEANS, lowerback and abs. Some thing else that is key but hard to find is a hip abducter machine( for your groin and outer legs.

Tomislav III

If you're any kind of fighter, you need to make it a priority to work on your core strength. As others have said, it makes a grappler and a wrestler, but as a boxer I'll tell you that it also puts pounds of pressure on the end of your punches.


It also helps with your balance.


Squats are the most basic exercise I know that helps with core strength, but if you want really unorthodox methods, go into the woods with an axe and start chopping. Lumber-jacks have the strongest mid-sections in the world for this reason.


Gymnastics also helps, maybe take a few classes.


For anything else, do exactly what Fedor Emelianenko does in this video. He has the strongest core in the world of MMA because of his workout regimen based on the USSR athlete machine.

Hawk

Great thread

What do the fighters on here do for there core workouts