Abdominal Exercises

[chucky]

Frans, best thing for your back pain is to lie on the floor prone and push yourself up with your hands by your chest 10 or so times. Do those back EXTENSION (the opposite of flexion) exercises a few times a day and your back will thank you many times over.

 

[pantheraba]

Here are some basic ab exercises that I mentioned earlier...first part of the video shows the progression to work up to a suspended L-sit and then a V-sit...which leads to a handstand.

Second part is from a bando yoga system called longyi that uses a rope to assist in various exercises. This one shows 2 different abdominal exercises..the first lets the back contact the ground at each rep...the heels are not supposed to leave the ground.

The second version starts with both the head and spine not touching the floor and they do not touch at anytime during the reps.

Both exercise the abs and the lats.

I am going to start a thread called "Exercises" for general exercises...folks can post up some of the ones they do as part of a workout.

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[sotc]

Looks a little advanced!

 

[OTGBOSTON]

Careful you don't turn into one of those water filled gigantic weight lifters who can't work worth a damm

Not me man. I'm working with a professional who is also an elite athlete who understands my goals. I went from 215lbs in feb to 180lbs currently. He's going to want me at about 190 when the transformation is complete

I really don't GAS what I look like, its about being in great shape for me.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I want BOTH.

 

[woodworkingboy]

I really don't GAS what I look like, its about being in great shape for me.

You and the Hulk.

 

[cory]

Bump

 

[pigwot]

Nice old thread… must admit retirement has me getting soft in the belly… 😕

 

[Burnham]

Same .

 

[treesmith]

Anyone here do planks? I’ve heard good and bad about them as an exercises.

 

[pigwot]

I hear some folk cook their salmon on a plank!?! 🤣🤷‍♂️

 

[Nutball]

What's the bad?

 

[treesmith]

What's the bad?

Not necessarily “bad”, I suppose, but some say they don’t really do much to “build” the abs. They’re mainly a core-strength builder. But I have heard some say that they are good for building abs. When I was 20-21, I went through a phase of doing sit-ups. I built up to 300 a night (one set). One night I decided to see how far I could go. I made it to 600. A few weeks later, I tried again and quit at 750. I had abs in those days! I do think they may have played a part in the lower back pain I now deal with, but I can’t prove that. I don’t care for sit-ups much any more. I do planks now and again. Four minutes and fifteen seconds is the longest I’ve held one. They definitely don’t do for the and what 300 sit-ups a day will do.

 

[Nutball]

If you held yourself up on bars with your hands, you could exercise your abs in any direction.