zakruti.com » Sport, fitness, workout » Jeremy Ethier

How To Train For Six Pack Abs (3 Fixes You Need To Make)

video description

Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

Ill cover 3 common ab workout mistakes relating to the way that you train your abs that you need to fix. Doing this will help you actually target and grow your 6 pack abs much more effectively. The first mistake youre making with your ab training is letting your hip flexors takeover the movement. Which is obviously detrimental for our overall six pack abs development as well, but can also create a problematic imbalance between our hip flexors and abs strength that can potentially lead to back issues and pain down the road. One way to address this is by simply changing your focus during your abs exercises. Ignore what your legs or upper body are doing during the movement, and instead focus on your pelvis. For bottom up abs exercises like leg raises or reverse crunches, simply focus on curling your pelvis towards your belly button. And for top down abs exercises like cable crunches or sit-ups, simply focus on bringing the rib cage forward and down towards the pelvis. Going beyond this though, another solution is to tweak your current abs training to help take the hip flexors out of the equation. For example, during sit-ups, one solution is to perform whats called the Janda sit-up. In addition to this though, during moves like the reverse crunch, most people are unaware that the range of motion of the abs during this movement is actually quite short. So stopping this short on the way down is a very easy way to again shift more tension to the abs and minimize the involvement of the hip flexors. The next mistake youre making when it comes to how to get a six pack is failing to initiate and maintain whats called a posterior pelvic tilt during your abs exercises. This subtle movement of tilting the pelvis by contracting the glutes and abs is another key function of the abs, and has been shown to not only significantly boost activation but also helps to further prevent the hip flexors from taking over during our abs exercises. So, realize the importance of this and apply this subtle tweak to all of your abs exercises. For example during the reverse crunch, initiate the posterior pelvic tilt by contracting your glutes and abs before you go to perform each rep and maintain that position as you go through each rep. The same applies for moves like hanging leg raises, sit-ups, ab roll-outs, and even planks. Make this change and youll not only instantly feel a much greater contraction in your abs, but also less involvement of other muscle groups like the hip flexors and lower back that we want to keep out of the movement. In turn, helping you build that 6 pack abs! The last of the ab workout mistakes is treating your abs like some kind of special muscle. What you want to do is, when you do add direct abs work, approach it like any other muscle group. A lot of people will make the mistake of training their abs several times a week with high rep ranges, short rest periods, and will leave them for the end of their workouts when theyre already pretty fatigued. Instead, treat them like your other muscle groups. Provide them with adequate attention and volume but also with adequate rest, and as they get stronger overtime, overload your abs exercises with additional weight or difficulty instead of simply sticking to the same routine over and over again. By training them in this fashion, theyll respond with growth the exact same way that any of your other muscles would. All in all though, realize that while ab training does help to build your six pack, you need to combine this with a proper nutrition plan designed to then reveal your hard work and to get your abs more visible. Focusing all your efforts on training while remaining oblivious to the importance of your nutrition will get you nowhere. But for a step-by-step program that shows you exactly both how to train (e. g. how to train abs properly) and how to eat week after week so that you can not only build muscle but then also strip off the fat covering it to reveal that hard earned muscle, just like several of our members have done with their Built With Science programs, then simply take the analysis quiz to discover which science-based program would be best for you: : Music by Ryan Little - Body Language
Date: 2022-01-03

← How To Build Muscle For $8/Day (HEALTHY MEAL PREP ON A BUDGET)

Revealing Our New HQ (3 Million Subscriber Update) Jeremy Ethier →

Related videos

The Only 25 Exercises You Ever Need

• Jeff Nippard

I Tested 3 Muscle Building Diets, Only 1 Was Worth It

• Jeremy Ethier

The Most EFFECTIVE Way to Get Abs in 2026

• Jeff Cavalier

STOP, You're Training Your Triceps All Wrong!

• Jeff Cavalier

The ONLY 5 Dumbbell Exercises You Need to Get Jacked After 40

• Muscle Monsters

WARNING MEN OVER 40: You're Doing Too Many Sets!

• Muscle Monsters

Comments and reviews: 9

dproulx222
Thanks so much for all of your quality videos. I've watched all of them and l'm implementing a lot of what I learned in my own personal workouts. I'm slowly progressing. I'm 50 years old and 64kgs and suspect have a height similar to yours (around 173cm. I'd love to know where I can get a tank top like the one's you wear in your videos.
Important question: What brand of tank top do you wear? I'm a fellow Canadian in South Korea, but I've scoured all the major sports retailers in North America and can't seem to find a decent fitting tank top like yours.
Where can I get that tank top that you wear in your videos (the blue or gray?
Can someone help me?
reply

Johannes
THANK YOU! Jeremy for all these advices. His tips and tricks really helped me out. Im still starting my lifting career. I have gone from skinny to skinny fat really fast after army. So his videos really help me out, and motivate me to keep going. Only problem i have is to make the key muscles work, before i can go further on all his exelent tips. So far i can see my gains only on biceps but hopefully i can see more gains on future.
reply

Kenan
Hi Jeremy! Great broadcasting as usual. If its not much of an asking, a new video serial detailing, with evidence, the difference in hypertrophy in concentric and eccentric phases in exercises for various muscles would be interesting, perhaps with emg findings and anecdotal findings etc. I dont know, just thinking aloud: ) Anyways best wishes from Turkiye, thanks again.
reply

Kenan
Jeremy as allways you put out good content and I thank you for that.
Just thinking aloud, maybe a vid series detailing muscle hypertrophy in concentric eccentric phases of various muscles with emg and anecdotal evidence/findings might be interesting, or who knows maybe it might be boring to some, it could just be me: )
Best wishes from Turkiye.
reply

Jared
Thanks Jeremy. I appreciate how plainly you present. I dislike it when other fitness youtubers are always yelling at the camera and trying to act like everything they do is the most exciting thing ever. Your style is much more chill and enjoyable, and it's been great watching your production quality improve, cheers.
reply

Jeremy
Thank you for all the kind comments and support for reaching 3M! Much appreciated. I owe it all to your continued support, loyalty, and word of mouth. I'm currently working on a 3 million update video that'll be up next week, in the meantime, hope you enjoy this one: )
reply

FleeingAsian
Hey, can you make a video about headaches in the back of the head when working out? I get these painful headaches my first couple reps when I lift weights it happens every time and has gotten worse I'd appreciate if you can make a vid ab it and how to cure it: )
reply

Lydia
Hi! First of all, yes. I am a woman and I follow your videos and workouts. lol I just wanted to ask- if we are on an upper body/lower body split. when should I incorporate abs? Thanks in advance!
reply

shaid
If you workout abs get worked. y do ab exercises that increase waist sure it's hard to get shredded abs by cutting fat lvls to very low. they are the best abs with a miniature waist.
reply

Add a review, comment