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The 5 Best Oblique Exercises to Get Ripped Up Abs

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 15, 2012 in Abs, Exercise Lists, Exercises, Featured Article, Fitness Lists, Muscle It UP | 22 comments

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Oblique Exercise 5 — Cable Woodchoppers

Cable woodchoppers are a great way to integrate a little high intensity, fat burning action into your oblique routine. Not only will they work your obliques, but they’ll hit your chest, arm, and lats as well. Set up a cable pulley slightly lower than chest height.

Grab the pulley handle far enough away that you can feel a nice stretch in your obliques and lats. Fully extend your arms and powerfully swing your arms across your body. Hold for 1 second at the end of the movement and slowly return to starting position.

Easy - 12 per side, 10 pounds
Medium - 12 per side, 30 pounds
Hard - 15 per side, 50 pounds
Pro - 15 per side, 70 pounds

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ELLO ELLO I'm Bryan DiSanto. I'm the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, a CPT/CSN/Fitness Coach, Chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness junkie.

I also contribute to Men's Health Magazine.

When I'm not working on my abs (or somebody else’s), whipping up avocado roses and avocado toast, or running a Tough Mudder, I'm probably yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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Growth

Those are great movements to get ripped but the muscle wont show unless body fat goes down. http://ushcginjections.com/
alex boston

What if you don’t have the equipment for the final two exercises? Can you just do the first three?
- Bryan DiSanto
  
  You don’t need to do all 5 in the same workout – I’d pick 1 - 2 oblique exercises per ab workout and then rotate the exercises you do every few workouts.
  
  It’s meant to give you options for effective oblique exercises; it’s not a full ab workout plan (you need to include ab work for your upper abs, lower abs, etc.).
  - jay
    
    lol u just lost all credibility , no such thing as upper and lower abs… its one muscle. unless you knew that but are pandering to these morons for some reason?
    - Bryan DiSanto
      
      Cool. You’re entitled to train your abs (and your entire body) however you want. I continue to do and share what I’ve found to be effective. Results are results.
    - Josh
      
      Hey jay of course there’s upper and lower abs. Different ab workouts can target either lower or upper abs as the primary muscle, while working the latter of either two as more of a secondary muscle
    - Frank
      
      dont call people morons and Im sure you have a sixpack considering your looking for tips lol Im a physical therapist looking for new training techniques….when people reference the upper and lower abs; they are referring to the motor unit between the muscle and the peripheral nervous system.While all muscles abide by the all or none law showing there is no partial stimulation of muscles.Strength training stimulates the muscle fibers nearest the axon terminal the most so it would make sense to target each motor unit individually.
    - Jessica Fitzgerald
      
      There are 2 sections to the abs. Ask a tummy tuck surgeon. They charge more for upper abs.
JoSerbia

this muphuckas haaaawt
DoC

First picture isn’t highlighting the obliques, but the transverse abs.
- Bryan DiSanto
  
  It’s highlighting the lower portion of the obliques; the transverse sits under the rectus abd. and is technically invisible in terms of musculature. It purely acts to suck everything in tight and provide stability.
dazza

hey i’ve tried the first exercise and i just do it on carpet but when i left my legs up i feel alot of pressure on my hip bone which makes it too uncomfortable to continue
- Bryan DiSanto
  
  Lie on a folded towel or pad. It’ll help immensely.
Best BuildAbs

Try this exercise http://healthsolutiononline.com/abs
bencgg

How do you use a weight for the oblique static pulls? (Love your exercise sites, thanks for making them)
- Bryan DiSanto
  
  Hold a weight plate or dumbbell in between your two legs. It’s a little tricky to balance at first, but you’ll get it with practice. Test it out, they’re KILLER.
  - Bencgg
    
    Ok, thanks.
SomeTechGuy

Nice article. Consider removing the html/ php shorthand codes before and after each article.
Abby Seamus

Russian twists are a killer!

http://www.biovit.co.uk/healthy-living-hacks/
Justin Williams

Side Planks! Getyourswolon.blogspot.com
ayu febriana

to get Ripped Up Abs seemed cara menghilangkan keputihan yang berbau need this exercise 5
Mirfa

HI, also want to start practicing at home. On the other hand I do not know whether regular bench crunches http://www.open-youweb.com/lawka-do-brzuszkow-olympics-sport-opinia/ will be good and maybe better to buy something better?
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