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Title: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: Deicide on December 08, 2007, 04:33:25 AM

What is the resident expert opinion?

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: wes on December 08, 2007, 05:14:53 AM

I never do any direct oblique training.

I feel that training them definately makes the waist appear larger detracting from shoulder width and decreasing chest to waist differential.

I have really good abs when in lean condition and obliques get worked enough from regular ab work,squats,and any overhead pressing exercise.

Just my opinion.

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: dov on December 08, 2007, 02:43:58 PM

Quote from: wes on December 08, 2007, 05:14:53 AM

I never do any direct oblique training.

I feel that training them definately makes the waist appear larger detracting from shoulder width and decreasing chest to waist differential.

I have really good abs when in lean condition and obliques get worked enough from regular ab work,squats,and any overhead pressing exercise.

Just my opinion.

agreed...my ab training always contains bicycles...pulling shoulder to opposite knee with other leg extended..involves obliques indirectly

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: Detroit Muscle on December 12, 2007, 10:19:36 PM

I used to do insane side-bends using 45lbs plates and a lot of ab exercises with weights...probably my biggest weightlifting mistakes ever.  I was trying to get those huge, blocky abs with detailed obliques and didn't realize I was only making my waist too big.  Now I don't train obliques or abs at all to keep the waist tight.

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: LatsMcGee on December 13, 2007, 12:58:22 AM

One of the dumbest things you can do IMO. 

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: omgsoswole on December 14, 2007, 02:56:55 AM

It's always a laugh when you see people in the gym training their obliques with a dumbell in each hand, attempting to train both obliques in the same set.  LOL at them not realising that the dumbell in one hand cancels out the weight on the other hand LOL.

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: JasonH on December 14, 2007, 01:10:33 PM

I've never trained obliques in my life - I just concentrate on crunches and reverse crunches for abs and that's it.

Got to admit I love the ab machine where you can train abs under stress with the weight stack but my current place doesn't have one of these - it's the one piece of equipment it's missing. The abs and obliques (indirectly) get a great workout on one of those.

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: Emmortal on December 14, 2007, 02:19:12 PM

Quote from: BigJ on December 14, 2007, 01:10:33 PM

I've never trained obliques in my life - I just concentrate on crunches and reverse crunches for abs and that's it.

Got to admit I love the ab machine where you can train abs under stress with the weight stack but my current place doesn't have one of these - it's the one piece of equipment it's missing. The abs and obliques (indirectly) get a great workout on one of those.

You can just get on the floor in a praying position and use a cable pulldown, same effect.

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: JasonH on December 14, 2007, 02:24:12 PM

Quote from: Emmortal on December 14, 2007, 02:19:12 PM

You can just get on the floor in a praying position and use a cable pulldown, same effect.

Yeah I know - I've done those and it's not the same. Still good though.

Title: Re: Training Obliques? I never have and wonder if this is a mistake?
Post by: BFP on December 17, 2007, 07:56:21 PM

I train mine all of the time.  Heavy too, and havent really noticed an increase in waist size either.

Jason