I want to know if this excercise can help to increase the strength in squats and deadlifts.
P.D. I Know that is so important the abdominal area for strength, but my question is about if somebody have experience doing this type of excercise ... Thank you
I used to do these pretty regular with a barbell (the balance issue made it a great grip movement also) and used weights nearing my bodyweight(165-pounds)...never saw much, if any, direct benefit...LOL! So I stopped doing them.
That being said, I think it is a good movement for "general" trunk work, but nothing thats going to dramatically increase your lifts...at least from my experience. I've had thick obliques for a long time from lots of overhead work, Olympic lifting, powerlifting, etc. so maybe it would be different for someone else.