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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Honestly, I've never noticed that much of an improvement with doing situps or crunches for riding and core. I didn't start doing any planks until the last couple of years and when I'm routinely doing them, I notice an improvement.
What really helps me though for body control and core more than anything when it comes to riding is riding in my huntseat saddle and riding two point a whole lot. |
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Location: Deep South | Planks! Work up to being able to hold 60 second planks and you can tell a huge difference in your core strength. |
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 Colored Jean Queen
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Location: TX | Riding colts.... 
Seriously though, I really focus on gathering them up & getting them to roll their backs....the way your body has to be you get a workout everywhere..especially if something's new to the routine and pulls on you!
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| canchaserdelux - 2013-12-30 5:31 PM
I do 120 plus situps a week.
double that per day and you will notice a big difference.
And do them correctly
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Planks, kneeling on a inflatable exercise ball and trying to balance near a wall to save yourself :-) rows in plank position. |
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 The Rose of Rodeo...
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Location: Where we still run to look when the siren goes by. | Running, especially cross country running, will build up your core. Thats my fav thing to do! |
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Regular
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Location: Wishing I was riding | Lots and lots of running, and lots of p90x. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Unlaoding feed and hay are loading hay after cutting. But mostley I do a lot of unloading feed around here, thats my building core strengh.  |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | There are many muscles in the "core" area that basically anytime you can engage/work those muscles your benefiting them....
This is an informative video on core
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOFG2SxuaXg
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | sit ups don't do it. Do planks instead. |
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
Location: oklahoma | 15-30 mins of Pilates every other day.
Eta,Pilates incorporates planks, squats and push ups into the workouts. Correct push ups will build your core too.
Edited by CurlyQ 2013-12-30 8:02 PM
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Location: Oklahoma | I plank a lot. I also do squats. If you do squats properly, you use a lot of core muscles as well as your legs. |
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Location: TN | I agree with the previous posters who said planks! They are really tough, but they work your entire core. I can tell a difference in my core strength when I'm doing them regularly. I'm not a big fan of regular sit ups, I think there are other exercises that tone my core better - like planks, bicycle crunches (elbow to opposite knee), and some pilates exercises. I'm glad you posted this - I need to get back to working out on a regular basis and lose this holiday weight gain! |
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Location: On a paint horse... | I took classes at the Y that were all exercises done with an exercise ball. Its amazing what a workout you get and core strength is a big part of it. |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | What is planks? I need help with my core strength badly. I was going to do situps, but that doesn't help?  I'm a pretty strong person, but am long waisted and my core strength is lacking. My mom recommended their exercise bicycle, but I don't want to subject myself to that torture, LOL. |
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| Here is some really great information on the Plank Challenge https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101965021852484&set=a.929570167004.2534985.23318222&type=1&theater
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | mtcanchazer - 2013-12-30 9:34 PM What is planks? I need help with my core strength badly. I was going to do situps, but that doesn't help? I'm a pretty strong person, but am long waisted and my core strength is lacking. My mom recommended their exercise bicycle, but I don't want to subject myself to that torture, LOL.
I got into doing planks from a BHN article. I think it was from last February. I'll see if I can scan the article. |
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Location: Midwest Farmer's Daughter: Central Illinois | Yogaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |
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 Sexy Bee Yacht
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Location: WA | Oh goodness, so many things.... plank for 50 seconds (I do a lot of interval training) with a weight plate on your back, mason twists with weight (hold a 10-15# dumbell as you go side to side), bicycles and reverse bicycles (seated not laying on your back), pulse ups, leg climbs, bicycles but bring your opposite knee to elbow, reverse plank to table, side plank with arm raise with 10# weight, choo choos (standing, bring knee up to opposite elbow, start slow, increase speed, do 100), High Intensity Interval Training, side bends with kettlebell (I am at 44 # now for high count), TRX strap exercises, mountain climbers (those suck, do high reps), burpees, take a bench press bar and add weights to the end - kneel on floor - roll bar out till you are laying on floor - roll back up with hands on bar - no cheating!.... I have also found doing a lot of sprinting or ladders on the treadmill helps too. One day I did three miles starting at 5.0 for a minute, then 5.5, then 6, then 6.5, then 7. I tried to hold at 7 for two minutes, but had to go back down, so I did 6.5 for two, then worked way back down. I usually just run at 5.0 so that shredded my core the next day. Proper form in EVERYTHING is a must. And speed doesn't help your cause. You don't have to go snail slow on muscle workouts, but just busting through it as fast as you can doesn't help either. I do for count (except plank stuff, then I do 50 seconds) and am deliverate in form. |
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Sexy Bee Yacht
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Location: WA | I have more but am blanking on what they are. You can go on Pinterest and type in 1000s workouts. They are workouts with a 1000 reps total and are super easy to do at home. I obviously do a lot at the gym, but I am a stay at home mom so I can. Except today. Today I am being lazy and punishing myself by cleaning the house, lol. |
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Location: TX | I'm doing the plank challenge and also an ab challenge. I can plank for 1:45 now. Want to get to 3 minutes...also the sitting trot is a great core work out. |
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 John Deere Green
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Location: ~Kansas~ | planks and squats are amazing for your core |
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What is your routine to building core strengh?