OBLIQUE EXERCISES AND THICKENING OF THE WAIST!!??

[nightowl81]

I know that I read that somewhere, but I just couldn't find the reference. CLX has a oblique move with heavy weights, I'm just gonna skip that move and do a simple twisting move with NO weights. Thanks ladies

oh no.. lol. I was wondering about this move, Chalene really focuses in on the obliques in Burn Circuit 1 and tells us to go really heavy, I think she uses 25lbs? and she uses 10lb weights in the ab workout. I wonder if using the bands in those exercises would be a better idea so you can still work the legs but lessen the weight on your obliques.

Chalene looks like she has a bit of a thick waist but her bodyfat is low enough to pull it off (and the boobs help balance it too) but the other women in the workouts look like they have small waists..so I want to trust the heavy weights won't bulk the waist up. Cathe's looks so small too, but again she has such low body fat.

 

[soon2bfit]

I think a lot has to do with your body type. I have always had a small waist now matter how much weight I gain or lose. At lease I think its small 26"? How small are you ladies speaking about?

 

[Lynn M.]

For me, my abs look best if I do moderately weighted ab workouts 1-2x/week.. I'll use an 8 lb med ball or a 10 lb plate.. anymore than that and my core does look a bit bulgy.

I incorporated doing those sitting ab chair machines ( don't know the name of them) w/ heavy weights at the gym and I'm pretty sure that those weren't doing my waistline any favors. I can say that pretty confidently bec. I've lost about 10 lbs in the last six months and my abs which will show wt.gain/loss pretty quickly weren't looking as stellar as they should with the fat loss.

I do like using heavy weights for ab work, as I do all my strength training, but in this case I think it doesn't work the same magic as it does on the rest of my body.

Lynn M.

 

[nightowl81]

I listened to Jillian Michael's last week's radio show and she mentioned the weighted crunches. She said she recommends planks more when you are losing weight and when you have lost all the fat then it is ok to crunches with weights to get that final definition in your abs. So I guess now moderate weighted crunches are ok, when the fat is burned off you'll have awesome abs waiting underneath.

I still think the heavier weights oblique work in CLX might cause bulking, I think I'll just stick to more moderate weights with those.

 

[ldy_solana]

I do quite a mix of heavy weighted work (up to 45 lb weight plates, kneeling cable crunch w/ 120+lbs...) & non-weighted (roman chair, planks, etc) for obliques and have not had any issues. If anything, it has defined me more and made my core stronger overall. I don't buy into the thickening thing at all.

same here. its those lower abs area i am having an issue with LOL. can't seem to tighten those babies up. i only do one-two days at the y on the oblique machine 2 sets of 10 each time usually with 50-60lbs. i am getting quite strong but have seen no extra bulk there. i also mix that with the rest of the week of doing standard ab/core work like with cathe or amy bento workouts with lighter weights usually nothing over 8lbs. also enjoy pilates for a change of pace.

kassia

 

[drover]

YIKES! i certainly don't need a thicker waist. i have never had a small waist, even when i weighed 98#'s. i think i will skip the weights w/oblique work if that is the case.
cathy

 

[worseenemy]

keep working ladys...

Since I start doing Cathe ab circuits I notice that my oblique is tight very hard and nice, and my favorite ab exercise is the medicine ball witch is 8 pounds and weights and plates, I don't think I get any thicker I don't feel like it. I get more stronger on my core....
The second favorite is yoga and pilates, There is something for everybody do what ever you feel is working for you body....
I don't think that Cathe will sale something that is not going to work out or beneficial for us, beside if I'm going to look any closer at how she does I will do it or at least try....
and of course food,after a very hard ab work I'm not going to go and eat junk food,I'm not doing any favor to my body...and train at least 3 times a week the core.....That is for me....