Core Conditioning Question-Inverted Situps?

[RoundnRoundwego]

Preface:

Even though I've been on Sherdog for many moons, I usually keep to myself with my conditioning routine. I am now over 30 and since I'm never going to train to actually fight, I'm now aiming toward a more functinonal day to day physique around the house, whlie still maintaining the ability to throw down hard if the need arises with an average guy. Hopefully I'll never run into a Fedor on the street :-D. Anyway, I'm aiming more toward a mainly power training program, all my endurance comes from Bas's MMA/Thai Boxing workouts. The rest of the conditioning for power I've been looking at Tsatsouline's stuff, Heavy deads, bench's and I also do weighted wide grip pullups for back strength....yes yes I do heavy curls strictly for the "D West" arm look for vanity's sake Because I have a long thin body (Very Swickish) power training is not a natural area for me to gravitate to because of leverage issues. Considering I have the rest of the body pretty much covered, I'm a firm believer in all the benefits a hellaciously powerful core can provide in any activity. So finally here's my actual question.

Question:
Has anyone used gravity boots/inverted situps for core conditioning, either holding plates, or "sissy" type for any length of time, and did you notice any serious benefits from this type of activity. Because of the heavy deads, I'm incorporating some inversion therapy, figure I might as well work the abs in between the relaxation/stretch portion while I'm up there.

Just looking for experiences that you've had with these if you've ever used them.

Thanks in advance.

 

[RoundnRoundwego]

or not?

 

[Urban]

I'm confused... you started a thread on inverted situps to discuss hanging upside down for therapy?

 

[the_w1se]

gravity boots...?

 

[Revok]

I used to do inverted situps by hooking my situp board on to the edge of a workbench so I was about five degrees away from fully vertical. In my experience doing situps from hanging uses a lot more hip flexor.

 

[Bram Wiley]

Double post.

 

[Bram Wiley]

Like the guy above me posted it involves a lot more hip flexor's than your usual trunk flexion/sit-up motion.

Your body adapts to exercises fairly quickly *generally* so they might be good for a few weeks and then cycle them with some other type of sit-up.

As a tall guy and someone who read and followed some of Pavel's info, I found multi-joint quad exercises to be useful and give benefits that deadlift's did not. Oh, and as a tall, skinny guy I followed a powerlifting program and I got much, much stronger overall (emphasis on squats cycled with deads/good mornings for lower body and bench for upper).

 

[RoundnRoundwego]

Like the guy above me posted it involves a lot more hip flexor's than your usual trunk flexion/sit-up motion.

Your body adapts to exercises fairly quickly *generally* so they might be good for a few weeks and then cycle them with some other type of sit-up.

As a tall guy and someone who read and followed some of Pavel's info, I found multi-joint quad exercises to be useful and give benefits that deadlift's did not. Oh, and as a tall, skinny guy I followed a powerlifting program and I got much, much stronger overall (emphasis on squats cycled with deads/good mornings for lower body and bench for upper).

excellent info all, thanks, will roll some slow squats in there as well.