What’s the best abs exercises?
chrishamilton894
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Hi peeps,
What’s the best exercises for a good ab workout? Currently I’m doing,
Ab crunch machine
Crossover crunches
Kettlebell sidebends
Machine knee lift
I do 3 sets of each 3 times a week.
Any advice please?
What’s the best exercises for a good ab workout? Currently I’m doing,
Ab crunch machine
Crossover crunches
Kettlebell sidebends
Machine knee lift
I do 3 sets of each 3 times a week.
Any advice please?
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Best for what?
The best ab exercises for me are deadlifts and pull-ups.8 -
Squats with no belt.
Doing all these accessory abs exercises are not really of any benefit for most. Want to see your abs? It’s about genetics and body fat percentage.
I don’t use a belt from when I start at 135lbs all the way up to 625lbs. Why? Builds core strength and stability among other benefits. Back when I first started weight lifting I used one on my heavy sets until it broke (scheik pro lever). For years now I haven’t and I’ve gotten much stronger in all facets of my lifting and even my big powerlifting butt can do sit ups.1 -
For me honestly it’s been yoga. Some will laugh at this but, I used to live in the gym doing all the traditional things heavy and light. When I got sidelined by a back injury yoga helped me heal my back and made my core pretty strong. Not necessarily more visible ( that happens when you eat right and lower your body fat) steroids helped me pack on 40 lbs over two years. But the strength you get in your core from holding the poses and the balancing was definitely what did it for me since I have to be carful what I lift and how now. It strengthens your entire core, back and legs at once. I use it in addition to my lifting. Hope that helps.8
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DLs, SQTs and hanging leg raises.1
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Squats and dead lift. Maybe rows, if you can work them in.1
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I feel like my abs get a good workout on my hydraulic rower. Also, any heavy free weight exercises. Jillian Michaels 6 weeks 6 pack abs is good too.1
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Pushups1
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Bicycles
Hanging leg raises
Mountain climbers
Cable pull crunches1 -
Hollow Body holds
Superman holds
Ab roller
Pullups/pushups/planks
L-sits
Levers0 -
Laughter. (Well, at least that's the most fun.)6
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Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »Laughter. (Well, at least that's the most fun.)
I took a class called Laughter Yoga. I had no clue what it was, it just sounded interesting. Strangest experience of my life. I wanted to run so bad, but there were only 3 of us and 1 bailed first so I felt too guilty and stuck it out. Google it if you want a real laugh.1 -
A great work out for abs which I do is Gilad’s hard Core with the medicine ball it works fantastic0
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Snatch grip power shrugs
Overhead barbell press
Cable Face Pulls
Atlas Stone Bear Hugs
Bodyweight Farmer Carries
Those are my faves
#trapsoverabs4 -
I do planks, bicycles, reverse crunches, russian twists. Just vary it and keep it interesting.2
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how does one do progressive overload with ab exercises? off to the googles.0
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Yoga and Classical Stretch. Be careful to stretch out the muscles of the core as well as strengthen folks!1
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No eating loads of *kitten*0
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how does one do progressive overload with ab exercises? off to the googles.
Here are a few examples for bodyweight ab work. If you use the ab machines in the gym you can always add more weight.
Hold isometric poses for longer.
Add ankle weights.
Hanging knee lifts -> Hanging leg raises -> Toes to bar - Skin the Cat
Banded pullup -> normal pullup -> L-sit pullup -> Weighted pullup
Ab rollout partway from knees -> Ab rollout full length from knees -> Ab rollout from standing
Reverse crunches holding onto bar -> Single leg dragon levers -> straddle dragon lever -> full dragon lever
Plank from elbows -> Plank from hands -> One arm planks -> Extended plank6 -
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As others have said overhead press, dead’s, squats and farmers walks. I like a standing cable crunch as well and a crunch press0
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how does one do progressive overload with ab exercises? off to the googles.
Just like any lift or cardio. Intelligently add more of it.
For running adding about 10% of your distance of your weekly total is pretty norm.
For abd it would depend on how you stimulate them AND your preferred method of progressive overload within your program as there are endless ways to progressively overload.
If you use a timer on a ab wheel, you could try to add a couple more reps or time.
If you were doing v-holds for sets, you could add a additional set.
There are a ridiculous amount of ways.2 -
sorry, i'm a newb.1
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Abs rollouts got me the most bang for my buck. I was starting with a diastasis recti (an muscle separation) caused by obesity, and a recent abdominal surgery. No muscle tone to speak of. Abs rollouts fixed the diastasis recti and now I have hard solid abs - still not low enough body fat to be visible but at least they are under there!2
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Kneeling on the floor while doing overhead presses (found that in a men’s health magazine)
Crunches and cross crunches on an exercise ball (easier on the back)
Straight leg crunches
Side to side chops with a weighted ball0 -
the best burn for me is hanging leg raises. at this point in my journey , i am just grateful to have shrunk my gut! At 54, If I get defined abs, great...if I don't , who cares!1
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Carlos_421 wrote: »
So much this.
While compound lifts should be a focus in the workout, they are not optimal when it comes to ab recruitment. So if one wants to develop their ab/core muscles, they should do direct ab exercise. This would be no different than if someone wanted to develop their arms. Of course you need to have low enough body fat if you want to make abs visible.4 -
I do planks 4 sets of 1 minute, leg raises, dead bug i think its called, rolling wheel, bycicle crunch,mountin climber, boxer crunch and icing on the cake 3 x 15 holding a 5 kg plate over my head and doing a normal crunch, best of luck
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exercise ball pull overs0
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