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How to do a Dragon Flag (GET KILLER ABS)

How to do a Dragon Flag (GET KILLER ABS)

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Subscribe here for every video - The dragon flag is one of the more difficult ab exercises if you do it right, however it will pay big dividends along the way to getting your six pack. In this video, I show you some of the best tips for doing the dragon flag correctly and to get the most out of this killer ab exercise. One of the most important things you need to realize is that this is not simply an abs exercise. If you do this properly, you will have to activate your glutes almost as strong as your abdominals. This is because a relaxed set of glutes is going to cause your hips to flex. This is the exact opposite of what you want to happen during the dragon flag. Your hips should remain as straight as possible. In order to do this you will have to make sure your hips remain extended. The glutes are going to help you do this if you activate them throughout the range of motion. That said, in order to properly perform the movement you are going to want to start by working on the eccentric portion of the lift. The reason for this is that you are always going to be stronger eccentrically than you are concentrically. If you don-t have the concentric strength to left your legs straight up off the ground it doesn-t mean that you don-t have the eccentric strength to lower them. Instead of compromising the strength levels that you have waiting for the concentric portion of the lift to catch up, you will take advantage of your lowering strength by performing some shortened cheat reps. These willl help to get your legs to the top of the exercise only to be straightened as much as you can and lowered slowly to the ground. Your abs will need to be strong in order to handle this, as will your glutes for reasons mentioned earlier. Do eccentric only reps until you build your strength and can start attempting the more dynamic variations of the lift like the dragon thrusts. This exercise variation will help you to start building more strength in your abs. Ultimately, you will be able to work on lifting your legs off the ground in one piece without breaking at the hip. You can start by lifting just one leg while keeping the other bent and held close to your chest. This will serve to unweight some of the weight of the lower body and make this portion of the exercise easier as you build strength. The bottom line is, the dragon flag is an ab killer but one that deserves to be in your ab workout program. For unlimited ab workouts that use no equipment at all, be sure to get your ATHLEAN-X Training System which comes with the online edition of the 6 pack promise. You can get this at and start using it with all of your step by step workouts today
Date: 2022-04-22

Comments and reviews: 10


This brings the most painful muscle soreness possible from abs exercises, I've had 20 minutes nonstop abs workouts, but just doing 3 sets past failure dragon flags makes them hurt even more than that, and lets not compare the muscle soreness, your body will never get used to these, I can do easily around 15 reps first set and on the third set I can barely do 3, with 1 min rests and they burn and hurt like hell, honestly it's the only abs exercise you need (not including obliques of course)
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Ok so I didn't make any mistakes ever. I was also inspired bu stallone and did it once and to my suprise it worked with nothing but a rear end of my bed and confidence. First time actually watching a vid about how to do it and wow I don't know what is wrong with me. Btw when u master it ok its kind of like an addiction, atleast for me dragonflag is an addiction. Im 14. Srry but what and how did I fking did it first try a year ago with nothing but a rear end of bed and confidencd
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When i was younger i was so inspired by Bruce lee, i completely blasted through the dragon flags. i told myself i have to do this like Bruce consistently lol eventually through hard work i was able to do it easily and i had a super strong core and nice abs. I had stopped doing them bc i fell in love w power lifting and i tried doing them and couldn't anymore: . gonna start tonight for them killer abs
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I didn't know this was hard for people because i just did them a while ago, when i saw them in someones workout routine. I was able to do L-sit before doing dragon flags tho. I really liked to do them so they are standard in my ab routine now! Tbh i never knew the name of it but i just did them every time. But now i know the name and i know how hard these must be for beginners.
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I'm thinking about getting a weight bench to start doing those. But, I have a few problems. I am not flexible at all. It's hard for me to put my arms/hands behind my back. I want to do those situps like that, so what can I use or make, that I can put my hands on, so I can start doing those? A cinder block? Please help? Thank you. V/R
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May any of the movement to go into the dragonfly like the initial kick of the legs up hurt the back if done wrong? The other day i felt a little bit the back. Maybe cause i was shifting from the natural slight arch position of the back to the crunched one before hiking up the leg with a little of momentum without engaging the abs
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Hi Jeff,
I tried doing this way but midway I experienced an excruciating pain between lower part of scapula and spine, may be in erector spinae muscles. It would be very helpful if you could tell the exact point of pain and it's cause and any solutions to it as well.
Thanks in advance,
From a follower from India!

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i am a 280lb guy, standing at 6 foot. Saw this exercise, tried it and was immediatly able to do a bunch of the highes difficulty ones (i did 3 but i could have done 1 or 2 more if i wanted to go to failure, i guess.
=> Heavy Squats, Deadlifts, OHPs and bench presses seem to work.

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Thanks for video. I like this exercise and progressing with it. So if I stick to only this exercise for my abs can it be enough or there is any reasons why I should do something else for abs? Maybe not for years of course but will it be effective for a quite long period of time?
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I haven't done this since December. I got a really bad stomach flu and was out of the gym for a month. Then I came back doing mad cardio to drop weight (35 lbs down so far. Been back in the gym for a month, and I can do a plank for 10 minutes now, so I'm building.
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