good oblique exercises?

MAXOUT · 17-Mar-04, 06:03 PM

I know all the good upper and lower ab exercises, but im having a hard time finding oblique exercises that actually feel like there working. What are some good ones that you guys use?

ajarvis · 17-Mar-04, 06:27 PM

I do side bends on the back extension machine at my gym. Or using a dumbell in one hand hanging at your side you can do side bends that way, which I find very effective.

grambo · 17-Mar-04, 08:46 PM

saxon bends are amazing

stencil · 17-Mar-04, 09:08 PM

I used to do what Ajarvis does all the time. Great exercise, I just haven't had them in my routine for a while.

Kyle C · 17-Mar-04, 09:14 PM

Saxon Bends, Side bends, Windmills look at t-mag read stuff by John Davies.

Kc

BenT · 18-Mar-04, 09:02 AM

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Saxon Bends, Side bends, Windmills look at t-mag read stuff by John Davies.

Kc

What is a "saxon bend"? I use the upper cable on a cable machine, hookup a single handle, and do sidebends like that. They work a lot better for me than the dumbell version.

grambo · 18-Mar-04, 10:16 AM

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What is a "saxon bend"? I use the upper cable on a cable machine, hookup a single handle, and do sidebends like that. They work a lot better for me than the dumbell version.

http://www.dolfzine.com/page171.htm

BenT · 18-Mar-04, 10:24 AM

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http://www.dolfzine.com/page171.htm

That looks incredibly awkward.

Kyle C · 18-Mar-04, 03:43 PM

Awkward isnt the word for it.. painful is.

Try a turkish get up, now thats a bitch.

Kc

**Todd** · 18-Mar-04, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MAXOUT

I know all the good upper and lower ab exercises, but im having a hard time finding oblique exercises that actually feel like there working. What are some good ones that you guys use?

If you are doing regular ab work along with heavy duty basic/compound lifting for other exercises, then your obliques should get plenty of stimulation and development. As soon as I started dead lifting and squatting heavy, they blew right up, yet I never have/do work them directly. This is the same with many other bodybuilders I know and have talked to.

grambo · 18-Mar-04, 06:37 PM

i agree with tod there, i dont do oblique exercises anymore, BUT if were going to saxon bends.

BenT · 19-Mar-04, 09:43 AM

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i agree with tod there, i dont do oblique exercises anymore, BUT if were going to saxon bends.

I did saxon bends last night, but I used the upper cable wrung and a single handle. Holy crap they work great.

**Todd** · 19-Mar-04, 07:34 PM

I don't really even understand why anyone WANTS to do exercises to directly stimulate growth for your obliques.... obliques respond very easily and fast to direct stimulation, and added size to obliques easily makes your waist look blocky and wide, taking away from any v-taper you may have or be striving to get....not sure why anyone would want that look, so I sit here wondering why all this fuss over what exercises to use ...mystifiying to me!

**cursor** · 20-Mar-04, 09:26 AM

Some have interests beyond the cosmetic taper.

BenT · 20-Mar-04, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd

I don't really even understand why anyone WANTS to do exercises to directly stimulate growth for your obliques.... obliques respond very easily and fast to direct stimulation, and added size to obliques easily makes your waist look blocky and wide, taking away from any v-taper you may have or be striving to get....not sure why anyone would want that look, so I sit here wondering why all this fuss over what exercises to use ...mystifiying to me!

So deadlifts should take care of your obliques?