Core Strength?

I use the term I heard from Coach Greg Glassman, midline stability. Midline stability is what our abs, low back and hips do while loaded, with either weight or our own body weight. This is the primary job of the core. Now in our official warm up there are crunches, however they are there as a general warm up for the abs and not to build core strength. To some degree in an untrained athlete this will aid in building some core strength, but not near as much as when they learn to properly stabilize their midline. As a Athletic Trainer I do get asked what I do for abs and my response is "Deadlifts, squats, overhead work, pull-ups, swings, burpees, and so on"

Training:
Work the push-jerk
Learn dumbbell hang squat cleans

Then

5 dumbbell hang squat cleans
10 burpees
Max rounds in 12 minutes


F.T.G. training:
"Country girl"
9 dumbbell snatches left hand
9 dumbbell snatches right hand
21 burpees
15 dumbbell snatches left hand
15 dumbbell snatches right hand
15 burpees
21 dumbbell snatches left hand
21 dumbbell snatches right hand
9 burpees
For time

What Favre did:
Elizabeth
21-15-9
135 lbs clean
Ring dips
For time



courtesy of Crossfit