adding mass to obligues?

[MOE from H.P.]

anyone know any good workouts to add mass to your obligues. i do sit up with wieghts on my chest as well as using the pull down bar. ibut i want to shock the muscle with different excersises every now and then. let me know friends.......

 

[paisano3]

i strap my feet to a flat bench with a weight belt, while sitting on the edge at the end; with a 25 lb plate held to my chest (or holding a DB straight out) I do Russian Twists. those seem to work well at adding a little mass and alot of cuts to my obliques. i also do the same sitting in a V position on the ground with a medicine ball or kettle ball.

 

[((sLEEKpHYSIQUe))]

dont get them obliques TOO big or you going not going to get the highly sought after v-Taper.....if you do obliques exercises i would stay away from weighted movements, just use your bodyweight.

 

[MOE from H.P.]

i strap my feet to a flat bench with a weight belt, while sitting on the edge at the end; with a 25 lb plate held to my chest (or holding a DB straight out) I do Russian Twists. those seem to work well at adding a little mass and alot of cuts to my obliques. i also do the same sitting in a V position on the ground with a medicine ball or kettle ball.

dont get them obliques TOO big or you going not going to get the highly sought after v-Taper.....if you do obliques exercises i would stay away from weighted movements, just use your bodyweight.

good info guys, thanks a lot. yea the v-taper is what i want but i also want to see some fingers when i flex them

 

[phluxx]

I was just going to ask about that. I've been doing weighted oblique movements and noticed I'm losing v-taper, so I've stopped as of this week. Is this because of how I'm training, or should I in general avoid training obliques and just let my other exercises build strength in them?

 

[((sLEEKpHYSIQUe))]

I would reccomend, stay away from trying to "isolate" your obliques in your ab workouts for litle while, focus on your regular crunches, leg raises....these do involve the obliques to a small extent aswell. When you see you obliques comming down in size, startd doing exercises like twist crunches...this should be enough to maintain them at an acceptable size. i would avoid side bends all together.

hope this helps

 

[MOE from H.P.]

im not to worried about v taper from the front view, its the back view that worry me, i like how my lats spread out like wings