Do you need a specialized crossfit core workout or should the core be even trained in isolation from other compound movements ?

Originally crossfit shunned any kind of direct ab or core workout. Deadlifts and squats and any other full body movement that required a lot of help to stabilize the core during the lift were favored.

But the times they are a changing.

There are tonnes of crossfit core workouts that can help build an even stronger core than just the basic compound movements.

In fact if any thing they will lead to a stronger core in the long run which can only help to increase your basic Olympic lifts and help prevent injury.

Equipment wise you need very little to get a decent ab workout in, just a pair of good CrossFit Shoes, a flat even surface on which to base your ground work and preferably a solid chin-up bar or even playground bars if they are local to you.



Crossfit Core Workout



Pallof ﻿Presses﻿

Hanging Straight Leg Raises

Knee Raises

Plate Twists

Sandbag Half Moons

Seated Medicine Balls Balanced Side to Sides.

Core Strength is a big buzzword of late. Everywhere you look, there are flashy You Tube sites and Facebook Memes aimed at “giving you six pack abs” or helping you to “strengthen your core”.

But what exactly is your core, and why should you care about strengthening it?

Essentially, the core is everything but the arms and legs, and let’s also exclude the head. We’ll include the neck, lats and trapezius as minor core muscles as mentioned above, and although the glutes play a role in the stabilization of the pelvis and helping to maintain upright posture, we’ll not consider them as part of the trunk/core either for the purpose of this article.

The skeletal structures of the core protect some of the most precious human organs (heart, digestive system and lungs), but it also protects the bulk of our central command system—that is to say the spine, our central nervous system circuitry emanating from the brain.

It’s no accident then, that maintaining strength and stability (another buzz word) is paramount to not only optimal day to day living, but especially so for athletes.

Athletes ask more from their bodies that the general everyday Joe, so it is with that in mind (as our clients are either burgeoning athletes or wanting to be athletic) that we focus on doing whatever it takes to enable the broadest ranges of motion for them as well as the most optimal ways to build their strength and conditioning.