Why Does Everyone Do Ab Exercises Hoping To Get Ripped Abs?
Listen… I’ve got ripped abs. I never thought I’d get ripped abs. I worked for years doing every ab exercise known to mankind hoping to see those babies pop. They never did. Then I discovered the real trick. Ab exercises don’t give you ripped abs. But some exercises will. And they’re not what you think.
These are my VERY favorite ab exercises that are not “ab exercises”…
Deadlifts. MAN, can you feel this in your abdominals. A good full body exercise that not only hits your abs HARD but works most body parts and jacks your heart rate through the roof. Nothing bad about this one, except that it’s hard… which is good. Understand? Stand in front of a bar that is on the floor, bend at the hips, grab the bar, keep your head up, look yourself in the eyes in the mirror, keep the bar close to your shins and your back flat. Bend at the hip to get to a standing position. Bar now at your thighs. Yum.
Squat Cleans (add a press at the top if you want to be really cool). See above. Harder than hell to accomplish, uses pretty much every muscle group in the entire body and hits your abs DAMN hard (Am I swearing too much? Can you tell I really mean it? Good.) Basically you start holding the bar at your thighs, then you squat to get under the bar at the same time you clean it up to your shoulders. So now you are in a deep squat with the bar at your shoulders. Then stand. Then press. OUCH!
Renegade Rows. Another full body move. Are you catching the theme here? Full body moves, people… FULL… BODY… MOVES. You want abs? Get your body involved, because getting abs has got NOTHING to do with your abs!! But I digress. Get into a push up position, but support your hands on two dumbbells. This is commonly mistaken for a back workout. No, this one is all about your core. So don’t make the dumbbells too heavy. The trick is to stay in a dead straight pushup stance while rowing one dumbbell at a time up to your chest. DON’T let your body sway or your feet lift off the ground. Man does that get your core strong fast.
Now, THAT’S how I got ripped abs. No more wimpy crunches and ab rollers for me. I know better!
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Jackie Burgmann
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