? Best Ab Exercise ?
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Drop your most effective ab exercise here!
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Planks and Deadlifts
Proper planks on your hands, not those cheater elbow planks.8 -
I don't do much direct ab work...squats and deadlifts hit my core and abs pretty hard. If I do direct work, it's usually hanging leg raises and/or planks.4
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Pull-ups and Hollow Body holds2
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I see a lot of aesthetic benefit from Ab Ripper X, from the original P-90X. I think they have newer versions of it, but the original one worked great for me.
If you Google it, you should get a pretty good description. Usually takes around 15 minutes.
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“Effective” in what way?1
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Er...front squats work my abs, as do push ups...I don't do direct ab work, sometimes do pallof presses as direct work when I am doing strongman training...2
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I don't spend time doing extra ab work outside of my normal lifting.6
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If you want to learn to engage the abs-which can be helpful for working them during other exercises, I would start with weighted dead bugs.3
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Push-Ups, Squats, Burpees1
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Look at Athlene-X on YouTube, Jeff does a ton of good ab exercises and explains why they work or don't.3
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Deadlifts, overhead press, hanging leg raises2
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crossfit_dottir wrote: »Have you tried the V ups tuck ups, hollow rocks and hollow holds?
Hanging leg raises, L sits? Weighted planks?
Are you trying to kill us?
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Deadlifts, overhead press, hanging leg raises
Overhead work is highly underated for core strengthening. When I was Olympic lifting my core was amazingly strong just from trying to hold the jerks and snatches from rotating or moving forward or back. When you've been doing it for a few months and then try to catch a bad lift and your core comes into full engagement you understand how strong it really has become.4 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Look at Athlene-X on YouTube, Jeff does a ton of good ab exercises and explains why they work or don't.
I love him.2 -
mom23mangos wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Look at Athlene-X on YouTube, Jeff does a ton of good ab exercises and explains why they work or don't.
I love him.
I would definitely recommend his channel for anyone looking for fitness information because he covers so many different topics and has the chops to back it up.2 -
Thank you all!! I appreciate it!0
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Swinging on a swing.
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Another vote for leg raises.
While not directly ab exercises, I do find that front squats and pivot presses force me to engage my core and end up being really good exercises that include my abs.0 -
I actually love doing direct core work. Levers, hollow holds and variations, L-sits, strict toes to bar and knees to elbows, dead bugs, rotational movements, anti-rotation movements.0
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crossfit_dottir wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »crossfit_dottir wrote: »Have you tried the V ups tuck ups, hollow rocks and hollow holds?
Hanging leg raises, L sits? Weighted planks?
Are you trying to kill us?
No, then I would have suggested core dances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZTT28YAIE
Touche your point!0 -
Okay I'm going to be a nerd here and say don't neglect the Transversus Abdominus. It's an often overlooked part of the Core & Trunk musculature, but it plays a key role in maintaining trunk and spine stability. Studies have shown a strong association between a deficient TrA and lower-back pain and even sports injuries. Something as simple as the drawing-in maneuver, and even hanging leg raises can be good for it.
Compound lifts like mentioned above are great but aside from what I mentioned above, I would suggest something like the Ab Wheel even just for 1 or 2 sets. Years back before I actually knew anything other than doing compound lifts, I broke out an ab wheel and my abs were sore for days, meaning I threw a stimulus at my abs that it was not adequately conditioned to manage. Food for thought.1 -
I actually love doing direct core work. Levers, hollow holds and variations, L-sits, strict toes to bar and knees to elbows, dead bugs, rotational movements, anti-rotation movements.
Yeah, compound lifts are great but they are not the end-all-be-all to abdominal training. I like that you add rotational and anti-rotational movements, which are more for your obliques than abs but great none-the-less. I will say that if one does compound lifts to limit your dare I say "core" work to just a couple exercises because it's very easy to overtrain your abs. And it only takes one-time to say "holy *kitten* I'll never do that again" because it hurts.2 -
I am, a weakling but while I enjoy exercising, I'm only doing it for health/to gain; at least an extra 100 calories daily! As of now, I am doing; reverse crunches & using my abdominals, to lift my legs; instead of my legs! I am currently unable, to muster the upper body strength; to do sit ups or I shovel snow {it'd be nice, to've something else to shovel; when it doesn't snow}!0
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JAYxMSxPES wrote: »Okay I'm going to be a nerd here and say don't neglect the Transversus Abdominus. It's an often overlooked part of the Core & Trunk musculature, but it plays a key role in maintaining trunk and spine stability. Studies have shown a strong association between a deficient TrA and lower-back pain and even sports injuries. Something as simple as the drawing-in maneuver, and even hanging leg raises can be good for it.
Compound lifts like mentioned above are great but aside from what I mentioned above, I would suggest something like the Ab Wheel even just for 1 or 2 sets. Years back before I actually knew anything other than doing compound lifts, I broke out an ab wheel and my abs were sore for days, meaning I threw a stimulus at my abs that it was not adequately conditioned to manage. Food for thought.
If we are going there, don't forget the very neglected core muscles of the Pelvic Floor.1 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Deadlifts, overhead press, hanging leg raises
Overhead work is highly underated for core strengthening. When I was Olympic lifting my core was amazingly strong just from trying to hold the jerks and snatches from rotating or moving forward or back. When you've been doing it for a few months and then try to catch a bad lift and your core comes into full engagement you understand how strong it really has become.
I haven’t done much Olympic lifting but I couldn’t agree more with the level of core engagement involved. I often hold my last rep at the top for 5-10s in order to really overload my core and force myself to work on stabilization
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Hollow rocks!0
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