Best way to hit your obliques?

I do about 100 incline twisting situps and 100 regular situps every other day alternating between the 2 different types.

What do you guys do to really hit your obliques?

I can get my center good and sore but the outsides barely feel anything.

...you aren't using weights?

you have to treat your abs as if they were any other muscle

get some resistance

BTW, if you are ripped then do it up broly. If you are fat this is going to make your love handles stick out farther. As long as we are still on the same page then go right ahead dear sir.

Mostly side planks, twisting crunches, and medicine ball truck twists. I guess bicycle kicks hit them a bit.

YouTube - Hanging Windshield Wipers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hgfs4rAYf0)

not sure how you could conveniently add resistance to that (add something onto your ankles or lower leg), but it is a fun and challenging exercise that others in this thread will probably not mention

I do about 100 incline twisting situps and 100 regular situps every other day alternating between the 2 different types.

What do you guys do to really hit your obliques?

I can get my center good and sore but the outsides barely feel anything.

Why do you do 100 incline twisting situps?

Why 100 regular situps?

What are you trying to accomplish? Muscle endurance? Or muscle growth?

Cause if it's the latter you're going about it the wrong way.

Obliques are for rotational purposes, a natural movement for your body. Take a bodybar (any weight) and while standing bend 90 degrees at your waist so you are looking directly at the ground. With the body bar across your shoulders, twist to one side and hold for 2-3 seconds at the furthest point you can comfortably twist to. Go back to the other side and repeat 10-12 times for each side, holding for the allotted time.

the flag

what everyone else said

if you are training for size, then train for size

would you do 100 squats to get bigger legs?

Its for endurance, not size however I never really looked at abs that way. Maybe ill add some weight and try the growth approach. I've always had to do situps for physical fitness tests but never even thought about treating them like a regular muscle.

I do use weights periodically, usually a 25lbs plate on my chest during the inclines. The regular situps i dont use weight, just hands behind my head. I also do hanging leg raises but not on a regular basis.

Im not ripped but im not fat, maybe 13%bf, you can see the upper abs.

Thanks for the advice!

weird, never heard of anyone's obliques giving out on them too early.

squats

There is no reason to ever use weight on ab exercises unless you are an NFL Linebacker or Lineman and need a waist the size of a redwood stump to take excessive hits.

You should want a wasp-sized waist that's rock hard.

I do weighted pull-downs for my abs.

For the clinch!

Actually that's altogether stupid. Half the power of virtually every kick/punch/knee comes from the hip flexors/abs.

For obliques my gym has a twist machine. Works well.

weird, never heard of anyone's obliques giving out on them too early.

Not sure what you mean. They dont give out, thats just the number of reps I do.

I used to do the crossfit Murph but that gets old after a few times.

Run 1 mile
100 pullups
200 situps
300 air squats
Run 1 mile

for time

I guess what I meant is that I don't get why you would 'spot work' on your oblique's endurance.

Core endurance sure, it's strange to me.

tweaks their own and all

Use the piece of equipment that is usually used for lower back (bending over with feet hooked) and get on it sideways :)

You can hold a weight in your hand too for more resistance. It works well.

Use the piece of equipment that is usually used for lower back (bending over with feet hooked) and get on it sideways :)

You can hold a weight in your hand too for more resistance. It works well.

We have one of those. Roman Chair i think its called.

Ill give it a try.

YouTube - Hanging Windshield Wipers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hgfs4rAYf0)

not sure how you could conveniently add resistance to that (add something onto your ankles or lower leg), but it is a fun and challenging exercise that others in this thread will probably not mention

This was a good suggestion, did a couple sets of these over the week and definitely feeling it. Never even heard of them before.

Do much less than 100 and use heavier weights.