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Underwater Abs Workout (BETTER AB WORKOUT)

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Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

Getting someone to do their abs workout is hard enough on land, but what if I told you that you might be able to get better abs by training underwater? It-s true. In this video, I show you an abs workout that you can do in a pool or in the ocean that allows you to start carving up that six pack and getting your obliques to look more ripped than by training with regular ab exercises alone. The advantages of training in the water are many. First and most important is that you get the benefits of simultaneous resistance in rotation in both directions. When you swing your arms under the water you face the resistance of the drag force of the water. That said, it becomes even more difficult to move your arms back in the opposite direction since you now have even more turbulence created from the initial swing of the arms. You essentially have to fight the current of the water that you just created, and therefore have instantaneous resistance to the abs and obliques in both directions. The faster you swing your arms the more turbulence you create and the harder the ab workout will become. But that-s just moving your arms in one direction. Just like on land, you can increase the challenge to your abs by moving your arms in different directions. You can perform a woodchopper motion (moving your arms from high up on your shoulder to lower down towards your waist on the opposite side) to incorporate the obliques even more. For even more challenge, move your arms in a figure eight pattern to hit all of the major muscles of your core at one time. You will hit elements of rotation, controlled rotation and even prevented rotation as you aim to stop your body from falling over due to the momentum of the ab exercises. Don-t have a pool? No problem. You can translate these ab exercises into an abs workout that you can do in the gym. Just hook up a band or piece of tubing to a sturdy post and perform the rotational ab twists that I show you here. Remember however, this will not provide resistance back in the opposite direction. You would need to attach two bands as I show you to turn the abs exercise into one that works your core from both directions. One final note on progressing your strength in this abs workout. If you are on land you would either increase the weight of the stack that the cable is attached to or the thickness of the resistance band that you are doing the exercise with. Underwater however, you can increase the difficulty of the exercise by either moving your arms faster or holding onto something that increases the surface area of the moving parts and increases the force of the drag as a result. For a complete workout program that trains you like an athlete and makes you capable of handling anything that-s thrown at you (on land or in the water) be sure to visit and get the ATHLEAN-X Training System. For our six pack promise app (available on both Apple and Android) visit: 6 Pack Promise (iPhone) - 6 Pack Promise (Android)
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

James
I-m down at the beach and without a gym at the moment and this video was super helpful and inspired me to brainstorm about other ways to utilize my surroundings. I came up with a full body routine that I could do in the hot tub or the pool. All you need is a ladder/railing. I felt like I got at least the same quality workout I would normally get at home, if not a better one since I was constantly experimenting with different ways to target muscles and having more fun than I would be otherwise.
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Caleb
Dunno if you mentioned idea of anchoring(yes, even without bottom contact, as many ppl's feet have light ground contact in water, causing their body to suspend and sway with the water(saving energy(swimming is a treat for the body)
You Obviously anchor very well for cam but not sure if you mention its importance for the newbies like myself, especially those who arent already swimmers.
THumbs upppp
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KobeOwnzzz24
Random question that hasn't really much to do with this particular video. Is it a good idea to do every day of the week one single muscle group, with like one rest day? Or should I stick with 3-4 workouts a week and combine two muscle groups. Don't know if you mentioned this in a video already, but I couldn't find it immediately. My bad if you've already done a video about this
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Make
Jeff please reply. I got got slipped disc and the doctor asked me not to lift any weights by bending. like dead lifts. and when I work on my back and legs I don't do any kinda dead lifts. will that do enough good to my workout if I'm leaving important moves like dead lifts? am I goin to lack the ability to lift weights later even if I get fit?
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Peter
Fancy video. Worked my ass off with AX-1 and still can't do a pull up. Hoping for a dedicated pull up video because they are so important. Expected better results from the pull up king's program. Can do 5 chins though, so I guess that's something. Oh well. keep showing off, man. Your groupies love it.
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Olga
just want to say I am a swimmer. so it would not probably fit someone who does not like to get wet. best ab workout is vertical kick or flutter kick on your back. if hard put the flippers on. also any dolphin variations on your back side or tummy work your core!
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sharon
I had two knee surgeries about 15 years ago. I workout, however a leg workout is very painful on my left knee (the knee I had surgery on. I would love to do underwater leg workout. Any suggestions on a workout and where could I buy some aquatic ankle weights?
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Daniel
Hey Jeff I have a question, 3 month summer vacation has just started and in 2 weeks im going to the gym, is it possible for me to lose belly fat, get decent biceps, get abs and lose thigh fat in 3 months? please respond and love your vids!
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Darius
Thank you: ) looks like a good ab workout. one problem we don't have summer in England so no outside swimming pools only indoor witch sucks because there are rules and you can't do that in the water, you will end up being kicked out.
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George
is it good if we workout twice a day with weights like doing biceps morning and doing the same in the evening or doing triceps morning n doing the same in the evening or any body part but morning and evening twice wud it be good?
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