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I Hate Ab Workouts (5 REASONS NOT TO)

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Do you hate doing ab workouts? If so, you-re not alone. In fact, lots of people either half ass their ab training or avoid it all together because they simply hate training their midsection in their workouts. Most of the time, the excuse that they take too long to train is used. This doesn-t have to be the case however, at least not if you train them properly. Others will say that they don-t like the burning feeling they get in their abs when they work them. Maybe so, but you can actually train them in many indirect ways that may lessen this feeling without sacrificing the results you see from doing that. In this video, I show you 5 great tips for getting you to start loving your ab workouts (and the results you see from doing them. You can start by incorporating some overhead training. As soon as you lift your arms over your head during any lift, you demand more stability from the muscles below. Most of the time the majority of this support and stability is going go come from your legs, however if you take them out of the equation, your abs have to take over the work and help out big time. Watch as I show you a few ways to do this in the video. Next, your conditioning can be tweaked to include more carries. Farmers walks and carries are one of the greatest ways to work your core, if you remember to make one very important change. You want to carry around unequal weights in order to really target your abs. By holding dumbbells of significantly different weight in each hand you force your abs to have to contract to stabilize your trunk and keep it vertical. For a unique challenge, try hitting your abs with staggered ab workouts and training. During your traditional strength training workouts, perform a set of ab work during your rest periods between sets. In other words, if you are working your legs and performing squats-take your rest between completed sets as an opportunity to do a set of an ab exercise. Keep doing this throughout your workout and by the time you-re through you will have completed your ab work without having to spend any additional time. Another great tip for sneaking in your ab workouts is to include explosive ab exercises in your training. Explosive ab exercises tend to be more fun than those that are not as dynamic. Let-s face it, crunches alone are boring. Grab a medicine ball and slam it around a bit and you-ve got my interest. Start including more explosive ab workouts into your ab training plan and you-ll instantly be more interested in your six pack pursuit. Finally, if you learn to integrate your ab training into the workouts and exercises you-re already doing you-ll be way ahead of the game. In the ATHLEAN-X Training System available at you-ll see that we put the core at the core of every exercise. By changing the way you perform your exercises, we are able to make sure that your core and abs get worked in everything you do. This type of involvement not only helps you to get better abs much faster, but you-ll develop an impressive and muscled athletic physique along the way
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

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Great tips, Jeff! I'm curious what you think about what I've been doing for my abs training lately: Rather than tacking on 20 minutes of abs at the end of every workout, kind of half-assing them, I've devoted two days a week to training nothing but abs! So Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I'm doing heavy lifting. But Tuesday and Thursday, I'm doing a straight hour of nothing but abs and core, followed by running. Really lets me hit every part of my core and be thorough.
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Gee
If anyone could help me out that'd be great. Just like anyone who loves working out, I decided to get my calfs even bigger so I dedicated more time to them. Looking at before and after pics of them I noticed 3 balls running down them middle of my left calf. They don't hurt and don't seem to be affecting my performance in the gym. I stretch before a and after all workouts so idk what the problem is. If some can help or point me in a good direction that'd be nice. -
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Arcadiality
Jeff, I pulled something in my hip (hinge) area only on the R side of my body, it has become very hard to complete my squats and deadlifts since the injury. Also, if I bend forward standing up to touch my toes, on the way back up I get a bit of pain in the same area. What have I done and how does it resolve itself? it's been nearly 3 weeks and only slightly better. Thanks.
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Trias00
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I don't know if I lack stamina or I'm doing something wrong, but after doing a squat set I'm absolutely exhausted. And I don't only mean legs - my heart is pumping like crazy, I'm breathing heavily, I need to sit and rest for at least a minute. Sometimes I even feel my heart gets tired before my muscles do. I couldn't do any additional exercises inbetween.
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Edgar
My problem is a grinding noise and a grinding sensation when I do v crunches (I think that-s what they called) or any ab workout that includes a crunch type of move. But that-s where I feel the most burn. I don-t feel any burn on the boring back pain free workouts. In fact I find them boring like I-m wasting my time.
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dirt
I was finally going to go hardcore on my abs if I ever decided to loose my flab first. Dont want my stomach muscles getting big while I still have flab. Kinda why im not working out my chest. My moobs already have stretch marks and I feel if I gain muscle while im still fat then it will only stretch more.
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Chase
JEFF!
I'm going to school to be a PT bec of injuries I've had it in the gym and playing football
I've had at least two years of physical therapy and your videos have help A LoT! Is there anyway I could work for you, OR where would u recommend me go to school to be a PT
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Michael
I try too remain lean as possible but I been bulkng and have been trying to keep my oblique and abs from getting thick. How can I avoid it? I incorporate vacuums when I can and do planks but I lack the definition I once had. I put on weight but my waist is still 30/32
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the
I personally love to train my abs. bt I just wanna point out that at the beginning of my training days I really hate it. the frst point jeff showed I followed that before bt the problem is u fet tired to do the next exercise that you were planning to do.
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theodoro89
Yeah, i am one of those guys who just don't like the burn on his abs. I feel something is wrong with my stomach.
However i do some sprints (running and bike) and that helps a bit. The only exercise that i like for abs, is the rolling thingy.
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