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Stop Doing Abs Like This! (SAVE A FRIEND)

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m going to show you the biggest ab training problems that I see and help you to fix how you do your ab exercises to get much more out of them. The best part is, the issues shown here can apply to almost every single ab exercise that you do, instantly making them work when you include them into your workouts. The first thing most people do wrong when it comes to training their abs is speeding through their reps. This is obviously something that people do on other lifts as well but it seems to be even more common on ab exercises. You get no points for finishing more reps of ab work. Instead, you get better results when the reps you do are high quality. This is something that we have mentioned many times before in our ab videos and that is, stop counting reps and instead make your reps count. Every rep should be initiated by the muscles of your core that you are trying to train instead of using momentum and assistance from every muscle but the one you want to develop. The next thing people mess up is the tendency to cut the range of motion short on all ab exercises. All you have to do is look at a standard floor crunch to see this in action. Most lift their shoulders off the ground at the very start of the exercise and then never put them back down again until the set is over. That isn-t correct. Instead, take every rep through its full available range of motion (which is already short in most ab exercises) and you will get more out of every set you do. Next is the incorporation of an incorrect breathing pattern on every repetition. It is generally accepted that when you exert yourself on a rep of an exercise you should exhale and breathe out. That is good. The issue comes with what you allow your abdomen or belly to do when you do this. You want to exhale your breathe but pull down on your belly and cinch it tightly to your spine via the contraction of the transverse abdominus muscle. So think not about blowing your belly out as you blow the air out but tightening the waistline as you blow the air out and you will get this right every time on every ab exercise. Next up is the tendency of people to skip oblique training for fear that it will give them a blocky waistline. This couldn-t be further from the truth. As a matter of fact, at higher body fat levels, the upper obliques are actually something that could still be visible and would contribute to a tapering effect of the torso. When the lower abdominal fat is lost over time, the development of the lower obliques is going to give you that much desired V taper that only comes from training the obliques. Finally, we can never talk about getting great looking abs without making sure you realize that your ab training begins outside the gym. Nutrition is and always will be the key to seeing your abs (or not. Start including some calf and jaw exercises into your workouts and I promise you-ll start to see the results of your ab exercises and workouts much sooner. Remember, no ab exercise by itself will ever hold the key to getting a ripped six pack. Only the right nutrition plan combined with smart training will. If you-re looking for a step by step meal plan to go along with your daily ab exercises, head to athleanx. com at the link below and start seeing what it-s like to train like an athlete
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

Caleb
Whenever I do leg tucks, bicycles, or any twisting ab exercises there is a popping feeling and sound coming from the right side of my abdomen on the edge of my ribs. I have put my hand there and can also feel something move. this started or I at least noticed it probably around the summer or fall of 2020. it does not hurt but is very annoying and I can't find anything about it online. I have recently been to the doctor for my shoulder that makes a crunching sound and found out that the muscle and bone in my shoulder have been rubbing against each other for a few years now, so we are doing therapy on it. I have not mentioned this issue yet but thought I would look online first. Does anybody have any thoughts?
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Marbles
So, I've been practicing abdominal breathing for years, and my stomach is pretty big. You can see my abs, and I don't have much fat anywhere else on my body, but my stomach still balloons a little. Does diaphragmatic breathing lead to a larger belly, or do I just have unusual fat distribution (internal stomach fat? I practically can't pinch any fat on the sides of my stomach (no -love-handles-.
If it's the breathing, I don't mind; it's definitely worth it. If I somehow have harmful, internal stomach fat, though, I'd like to know so I can address it. It's odd, can I really have a subtle six-pack yet somewhat large belly? And no fat to mention, elsewhere?
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Maureen
Wow. I actually watched this video for the benefit of my husband. Quarantine has given him extra pounds around his midsection. So I want to be doing this ab workouts with him as an encouragement. But my question is can do these workouts because am still working on healing my Disecti recti (separation of the ab wall after child bearing. Wondering if the workouts would worsen my ab situation.
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Limey
The concept of fewer, quality reps has been an extremely hard one for me to fight myself on--I feel like a failure when I can't match reps, or when I can't do an exercise at all, even knowing I have medical restrictions.
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nspgreen
What-s your take on sit-ups? Recently read a report by Harvard that they cause severe damage to your spine. They actually recommend planks as the only safe and effective core workout.
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[bk]AquaRed
Maybe for a second think that maybe thous thing people are doing in gym actually help they health instead of working out. If you see any of -don't do things- it does NOT mean NO.
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Hector
Direct. n honest. that's chingon. watch what you put in your body. chingon is Spanish for. supreme. respect. it's more than a good thing. pronounce. -Chee. nn. go. own, thumbs up!
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Shinchan
The comment section is hilarious ---------- what a creativity. many people thinks they don't have talent. just go through You Tube comments. and you will be surprised ---
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HeavenFoundWithin
Very helpful id like to take this guy to MacDonalds once for Lunch and drive right passed it and go get some real -Pho- - then walk 2 hours right afterwards.
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Birgit
The majority of people in my gym do it wrong: -) its a chain low budget and the trainer don-t go around to correct.
I-ve seen it differently in a higher quality gym
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