Conditioning exercises?

Question

What are some good exercises/workout drills to condition your midsection (abdominals) for boxing and kickboxing? Also does anyone have some good drills that can be done with the medicine ball?

Answer 1

do basic sit ups and crunches for 1 minute. lift ur feet straight up and while holding the med. ball try to touch ur toes. Another way is to do a plank that is when ur body is suspended in the air and ur using ur forearms and toes to hold u up kinda like a push-up position. another way is to lay down, get the med. ball and hold it straight in the air and do leg raises

Answer 2

sit-ups, flutter kicks, knees to elbows, pull-ups, squats, squat-thrusts.

for a medicine ball... wall ball shots:facing a wall while going into a squat throw a medicine ball against the wall and catch it on the way down and throw on the way up again.

witha partner: stand with your backs facing each other and turn to one side and pass to your partner than he/she will pas it back to you on the other side. (also can be done sitting)

with a partner while doing sit-ups pass a medicine ball back and forth.

go to crossfit.com for more ideas

Answer 3

sit-ups and crutches

Answer 4

do sit ups on an incline and have someone drop the medicine ball half way up.

throw the medicine ball to your partner with full force from about 5 feet away.

Catch the same ball from the same distance with your chest/abs and catch the result with your hands

do negative sit-ups on an incline ramp

plenty of crunches

Answer 5

Well all you have to do is give your stomach something different. What i mean is that you should do many kind of exercises that contain the mid section. It doesn't really matter how many you do but what counts is that you should feel the burn. Also, if your going to try to get  the abs then be sure watch what your eating. You don't want any fat in there. A good thing to do is a jump rope. Oh, and for the medicine ball just stand still and hold the ball and move it to the sides. Then do it above your head and under the midsection. Well good luck.

Answer 6

as you are doing crunches, have a partner hitting your midsection with a thai pad or the backside of a boxing gloves.  it conditions the stomach for punches and kicks.  

a good medicine ball drill is to sit facing your partner, lock ankles and then both lay backwards with one of you holding the medicine ball on your chest, both sit up and throw the ball to your partner, then both go back down. you will both do full sit ups, taking turns throwing the ball to the other.  

another one that really works the lats (good for adding power to punches) is to "shot put" the medicine ball with one hand, run quickly to where it lands, pick it up, do it with the opposite hand, and keep going.  try to do it for several feet, then turn around and do it back.  Complete a 3 minute round and see how conditioned  you!.

if you need to condition the liver area, hold the medicine ball against that area and have someone punch it.  it will help condition that area so you can handle a liver shot better.

Answer 7

for abdominals, I suggest crutches and sit up. It strengthens the muscles around that area. No idea about the fitness ball.