New workout/core ideas?

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8 years ago 07/22/2015 1:47am EDT

Hey everyone, this is my first post. So, here's a quick run down: 19 year old XC runner at Marquette University. It's training during the summer and there's still a month until I go back down to school and then the season starts, but I'm running short on ideas to improve my speed over long distances(8-14 mile runs). Also, I would love to hear any new or useful ideas anyone has about core exercises! I do the usual crunches, planks, skywalkers, pushups routine, but would love to try new things that really help stabilize my base and or get me ripped haha. Any advice on either would be wonderful!

8 years ago 07/22/2015 2:16am EDT

re: nb1207

Go back to the old school stuff. Various hanging exercises... L-ups, windshield wipers, knee-ups w/med ball between knees, isometric L-holds

8 years ago 07/22/2015 7:01am EDT

re: nb1207

if you really want to get larger ab muscles, then you have to do weighted exercises.

8 years ago 07/22/2015 10:16am EDT

re: Top Jimmy

Top Jimmy wrote:
Go back to the old school stuff. Various hanging exercises... L-ups, windshield wipers, knee-ups w/med ball between knees, isometric L-holds

These are great suggestions.

I can't vouch for the rest of the program because I've never tried it, but the Ab Ripper X workout from P90X is actually really good. Just make sure to add some Supermans or another lower back workout into the mix.

8 years ago 07/22/2015 10:25am EDT

re: nb1207

If you are looking to break it up once in awhile with some fun challenges, here are 2 we used to do in college.

21 Down

Do 21 pushups, 21 situps, 20 pushups, 20 situps, ect

Deck of Pain

Take a deck of cards, Black cards are pushups, Red cards are situps, Face cards are 12. Go through the whole deck. (ex. 1st card Black 7 = 7 pushups, 2nd card Red 3 = 3 situps, 3rd card Red Queen = 12 situps, ect).

8 years ago 07/22/2015 11:47am EDT

re: aintnojoke1

Do this one alone or get funny looks:

Get in a push-up position with your hands on a slowly-moving treadmill, and walk your hands along. It's similar to a plank, but dynamic.

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