Abdominal Exercises
Nicole3043
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Does anybody have any good ideas for abdominal exercises besides crunches? Need some motivation!
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Plank. V-up. Do a google search0
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Turkish get ups. Kettlebell windmills. Planks. Dead bugs.0
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Hollow holds. Ab wheel outs.0
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My favourite exercises that work great:
Upper abs:
Heavy ab pulldowns -develop thickness in abs
Bicycle crunches-Great for lower, upper and obliques
Exercise ball v passes- Works both upper and lower abs
Lower abs:
Hanging leg raises-use ankle weights when you get stronger
Bicycle crunches-Great for lower, upper and obliques
Rocky ab exercise-For advanced lifters, great exercise
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TezKrastev wrote: »My favourite exercises that work great:
Upper abs:
Heavy ab pulldowns -develop thickness in abs
Bicycle crunches-Great for lower, upper and obliques
Exercise ball v passes- Works both upper and lower abs
Lower abs:
Hanging leg raises-use ankle weights when you get stronger
Bicycle crunches-Great for lower, upper and obliques
Rocky ab exercise-For advanced lifters, great exercise
I think the hanging leg raises was what I was going to suggest but I'm not sure what the exercise is actually called.
I hang in the air and lift my legs up to my chest. They're killer and feel so good after.0 -
Squats and deadlifts. With heavy weight.0
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Ab wheel. Got me all kinds of sore I mean killin me
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All these!
I did ab-focused exercises for years but the result is not as good as just push-ups/ pull-ups.0 -
Hanging knee-ups on a Marcy station (I used to be able to do them straight legged ...those were the days) Russian twists, Turkis Half Get Ups, kettlebell standing twists, KB Around the World, and KB Halo
All of these are what I consider "fun abs" I hate crunches and their variations, though.0 -
Deadlifts & Squats are good but not the best for training your abs, there about on-par with iso work actually. My suggestion would be to do a combination of both Deadlifting & Squats, or even just 1, and maybe 1 to 2 ab-specific exercises once to twice per week. Deadlifts & Squats at intensities of 70%+ 1RM are the best for training your posterior Core muscles such as the Erectors and Multifidus.0
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