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Beginner Ab Workout Mistake (WE ALL STILL MAKE)

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Beginner ab workouts are usually filled with ab exercises that encourage high reps without paying attention to form or intent. The problem with this is that doing ab workouts like this will likely keep you a beginner forever without ever helping you to get a chiseled six pack. In this video, I cover the biggest beginner abs workout mistake that will prevent you from getting your most visible and developed abs from your ab workouts. The more ironic thing about this ab workout mistake is that even the most advanced and seasoned gym goers or lifters will continue to make this error after years of training. There is a tendency to slip into this mistake since it is the easier way to do your ab exercises. The problem covered here is the prioritization of increasing the number of reps that you do in your abs workouts rather than focusing solely on the intensity and quality of those reps. When rep counting becomes your obsession you tend to overlook the importance of the effort that you are putting into your reps. You may even cut back on the range of motion of the exercise or the strength of the contraction in order to be sure you still have some energy left in the tank to complete the number of reps you initially set out to complete. This is a mistake. In order to get more from your ab workouts you will want to simply stop counting your reps. Focus only on how much you can actually intensify the contraction of your abs on every rep. This may mean that instead of getting 100 reps done in a complete ab workout, you will only get 40 done. So what? As long as those 40 repetitions are all high in quality, you-re good to go. Doing 100 low intensity reps is nowhere near equal to performing much fewer high quality reps. I use the example of the ab scissors in this video. Rather than focusing on how long you can keep your abs in the air, try to figure out a way to make the exercise harder by increasing the contribution of the abdominals. Minimize the hip flexors and you will find that you not only avoid some low back pain but you increase the work being done by the abs. This concept of maximizing workout intensity is key to building the body of a professional athlete. You will want to train hard but keep your workouts short in order to allow for recovery if you want to give yourself the best chance of having a six pack year round. Head to and get the complete ATHLEAN-X Training System to start training like an athlete today
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

Dekzr
I was a victim of this. I was doing these ab exercises and I'd do a lot and I was doing them for months, never got sore, and I had absolutely NO progress. I started this method and I was sore the first day, and physically saw a difference in just two days with pictures side to side of my stomach. Some people might be confused how to contract your abs, I think of it as tensing them up. What I do is hold my breath and suck in my stomach but push out at the same time. For example, there is pushing out all the way and there is sucking in all the way. I cut that in half and go In Between. Then after I get that contraction I will do my ab workouts and you'll know when you've got the contraction because doing high reps becomes a challenge. But like he said it's not about reps, it's about intensity. Honesty if u still don't get how to contract your abs here's another example. Try to get your face red. Do the procedure of getting your face red and that works too.
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shabir
hi. I'm really trying hard to have a 8 packs. i had a very good six pack abs but now when i started to train harder to get a 8 pack abs everything gone wronge instead i am losing that toned six pack abs and it is like my ab muscles are melting everyday. i dont know what is happening with me and why is this happening so please jeff and whoever who reads this coment please if you even know a little bit about my problem reply fast cause i really really miss the six packs i had. i will be glad to hear your suggestions.
thanks
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sport
i definitely agree, i just started working on mi abs/core again, its all about time under tension for abs, i did an ab workout in 5 minutes using pull up bar and some V situps and could barley do one more ab crunch, i also noticed that you get way more results if u tighten ur entire stomach every ab crunch, moving ur legs up alone doesnt squeeze your abs, you manually have to tighten your stomach just like every other muscle group you workout.
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Nate
Question: Say I'm working biceps. I do typical bicep exercises like hammer, preacher, dumbbell curls etc. Then often time I also work into an inclined dumbbell curl where at the bottom of the curl I hyper extend the bicep by flexing the triceps. Sometimes I do 2 of these style of exercises that hyper extend the bicep. My question is, should I do these hyper extending exercises at the BEGINNING or END of my bicep workouts? Thanks!
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Muffin
Can someone please help me! I'm 14 years old. I'm very weak, not too skinny but i do have some rolls on me. Most people say I am very skinny, I want to begin working out and become stronger and get abs. I know it isn't easy but I need help on my nutrition and what supplements I should me using. I weigh 116 lbs i never played any sports so most if it is body fat not muscle. Can someone help meee
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Assassin-01
Hey Jeff, I have a question, I am 2 months into to my training and can bench press around 60kg on a smith machine, the problem I have is when I try to do dumbbell bench pressing I struggle to lift 20kg on either side and it's because my triceps feel weak and cause my arms to start shaking. Why am I not able to comfortably lift the Dumbbells even though they are 10kg lighter on both sides.
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Kris
Man you're amazing I have been working out for 2 years almost 3 now eating healthy and getting everything together i knew after being hospitalized with anorexia it was time and you're videos helped me so so much i cant thank you enough my muscles are coming back and bigger than before thanks to you Jeff you're amazing dont stop the great work man love your videos peace
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Theodore
Hey, Jeff. I've been working out using your methods for a little while now and have seen great results.
I have been wondering about certain movements for tricep workouts and which ones I should use during a workout. most of my tricep workouts seem to be the same movements. do you have any suggestions to build up the triceps?
sincerely,
Theo.
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Razor
Hey Jeff I have a problem. My lower back has got some issues. When I bend over to touch my toes. My back is not straight. Te lower back has a bulge and then the rest of the back is straight.
Even when I do ab workouts on the ground, my lower back hurts a lot. Like my lower back, just beside my hips.
Please help me.
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Wade
Im glad you said this because many times I struggle with the recommended reps etc. For example in 6 pack abs, any hanging movement I struggle to do just a few reps. It might say 30 sec and after say 5 Im struggling. Ill just start again and again but Ill focus more on the intensity of what I can do.
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