Ok, a couple of ab training videos to pass along today. The first one "stars" me, but this is not my workout - I didn't write it or come up with the abdominal exercises. In fact, I think only 2 of the ab exercises are okay. The other 2 abdominal moves are not really what I'd recommend.
We filmed this video down at Men's Health headquarters, and I'm not sure when it was in the magazine...but you can catch it all online anyways.
Click HERE for the Men's Health ab video
I like...
a) The pullup with knee raise
b) The cable lunge crunch
I don't like...
a) The lateral raise thingy
b) The chest press with crunch at top
In fact, every time I used to watch trainers have their clients do the "dumbell chest press with crunch" at the gym, you know what I thought?
Why do 2 exercises half-assed? Why not take an extra 30 seconds and do them each separately, so you actually get some results?
So take home point today: Doing "2 exercises in 1" is sometimes no better than doing no exercise at all. Very lame. Other lame examples include a lunge with biceps curl.
Even if you are still able to use an effective weight for the biceps curl, there's no way that the lunge movement will be enought to stimulate your leg muscles for a muscle building or "turbulence" response. Uber-lame-o.
Just do lunges and then do the curls. Separately. You will get more results. Even if it takes an extra 45 seconds per set. You could try something called "Supersets".
I hear supersets work just fine for fat burning workouts
Okay, and the other video I wanted to show you was a couple of my favorite "no crunch" ab exercises. Most people don't need to be hitting the hundreds of crunches per workout - that approach suits the lame-o category I mentioned above.
If you want to get 6-pack abs, just get your body fat low, and if necessary, use some resistance exercises to build some ab muscles (resistance can include bodyweight or cables - see the two exercises I liked in the MH video above),
CB
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