Oblique and amount of rest

[Jason Da Bodiful]

I have decent upper and middle abs but pretty much neglect training those Oblique. Does anyone here got any good tips in what kind of oblique training should I go for? how many repetitions are sets?

I train my abs on Monday, Wed and Friday. Is the 1 day rest period enuff or should I go for a 2 day rest each instead?

 

[Skyliner]

I'm doing 3 exercises for my Oblique (even though you might like to only do either 2 of them in every Ab workout).

1) Knees bend of on a bench, for side sit ups. I do this in 3 sets of 15 reps, and finish on my right side first than the left (it's your choice)

2) Side Crunches. Bend my knees to about 45 degrees, lay them on the floor and do crunches from there. (4 x 12)

3) Another one is standing up, holding a dumbell at one of my hand, and stretech/bend to direction where you hold the dumbell. 3 x 12.

You might wanna try side leg raises too, even though I personally don't like it. I beieve 1 day resting is ok, but I prefer to let it rest for 2 days though, as far as my Abs are concern. Just my opinion.

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[Scotty the Body]

Side bends, use a heavy DB and keep your rep range around 12.
I don't train my oblique's much either, I like my v look and to much oblique work will make your mid section wider over time taking away from that "v" look.

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[ballast]

Try russian twists-these really work the obliques.The abdominals and spinal erectors are also involved isometrically to hold you in position.You basically hit all the core muscles at once.
I usually do 3-4 core exercises for 8-20 reps and perform them in a circuit at the end of my routine.

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[bludevil]

I did 100 side crunches 2 nights a week while in addition to my other ab-workout and the results were pretty good. I really couldn't tell just looking at myself but my wife took a couple of pics when I finished my cutting phase and I was very impressed. I had a lot of friends tell me I was really lean. Just remember - it doesn't matter how many crunches you do if your diet's not in check.

 

[Maki Riddington]

Originally posted by ballast:
Try russian twists-these really work the obliques.The abdominals and spinal erectors are also involved isometrically to hold you in position.You basically hit all the core muscles at once.
I usually do 3-4 core exercises for 8-20 reps and perform them in a circuit at the end of my routine.

Russin twists are excellent exercises for the obliques!



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