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Post by billfish on Apr 5, 2019 20:29:22 GMT
Cmon guys why does nobody join me on the journey? Don't you want a sixpack? I bet if you could just snap a finger and have a sixpack, you would want one haha you know it's true, you know what's going on It's the work necessary to get there that prevents most people from going for it. Do daily ab exercises, do some cardio and you will get there too! 10 weeks that's over 2 1/2 months, that's definitely achievable for you guys! To be honest JRG, I wouldn't want a six pack I've done all the work and never tried to get a sixpack From what I've read, diet is the key part of it I've known people who did a LOT of ab exercises and cardio and they didn't ever have a sixpack So I think diet is the key element Good luck and I hope it works for you
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Post by mr potatohead on Apr 5, 2019 20:55:16 GMT
Yup, although there is nothing wrong with strengthening the midsection, abs are made visible in the kitchen and by consistently eating real, quality food.
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Post by billfish on Apr 5, 2019 21:16:02 GMT
Yup, although there is nothing wrong with strengthening the midsection, abs are made visible in the kitchen and by consistently eating real, quality food. Besides, a sixpack is for showin' ,not blowin' ! You can have a very strong core and not have a sixpack
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Post by Michael on Apr 5, 2019 22:43:49 GMT
Athlean X dropped this yesterday: I really like his reverse plank shown at 6:25. I've just tried it and for me it's like a harder and more complete exercise than the superman. Will do the reverse plank holds from now on instead of the superman exercise. Yall should definitely try the reverse plank, it hits your whole posterior chain. I'm still in week #1 of my plan but I already see progress. When I first did the knee raises on the dip bars I had pain in my shoulders. Now after only 3 or 4 days of doing them daily all the time, the pain magically disappeared. The reps also feel much easier now. This type of downpressure and stabilisation work my shoulders do on the dip bars seems to strengthen them in some way. I think it's healthy for the shoulders. Yeah, like Yourself and Mikey I like the reverse planks holds. Holding Yourself up on a dip bar will strengthen Your upper body. Plus the holds You're doing will strength Your midsection. I mostly do stuff to strengthen my midsection and lower back.
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Post by Michael on Apr 5, 2019 22:49:37 GMT
Henry, do You do these straight legs, bent-legged, feet under something, or feet free? Just Curious. This would kill my back. Anything that works the hip flexors like that always causes a problem with my back. My hats off to You for being able to do stuff like this. JRG, Something else I would recommend, if You had access, is either Two Hand Kettlebell Swings or Trap Bar Deadlifts. But I think You said weights and calisthenics don't work well with You. Yeah I don't know what it is with weights but I always pull a muscle or hurt my shoulder. With the expander I have more control over the angles from where the resistance is applied to my body and it's very light on the joints too. I still would like to try out kettlebells for overhead presses and kettlebell swings, they are quite expensive though aren't they. Yeah, Kettlebells can get expensive. I know some guys on here have made stuff similar. But I prefer Rogue KBs. I just saved $10 from each pay and sold stuff around the house to get mine slowly. If I was You just stick with what You're doing, I'm not trying to push this on anyone. It's just what I like, that's all that should matter to You.
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Post by gruntbrain on Apr 5, 2019 22:52:43 GMT
Hyper-toned , tight ab muscles may impair optimal belly breathing .
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Post by Michael on Apr 5, 2019 23:12:14 GMT
I really couldn't care less about 6 pack abs, what are they good for ....is someone going to walk around without a shirt to show them off ? I had developed abs at one time and I didn't do any direct ab work, just worked out hard. Didn't eat anything special and drank beer Skipping rope, hitting the heavy bag, and doing tumbling got my abs strong I'm going to walk pass Bruce's elliptical to see if I can get him to fall off, . All joking aside, I actually get what You're saying. I heard something from this guy( because of Whiffet posting a podcast) that made alot of sense: www.instagram.com/tmacsinc/?hl=en He kind of said something on the lines of (He was talking about biceps) if You training the right way there's no need for direct work. Unless it's for rehab, hypertropy or endurance reasons. Because of some broken vertabrae and other stuff in my lower back in the past I do stuff that feels good. Most of the time I don't do to much direct ab work. If I do it's on the line with some of the stuff Mikey does. I know You like bodyweight stuff which is good. I love Get Ups with a hip bridge and differant carries like the waiter, rack and suitcase. If someone works hard and eats normal Your abs will show. But everyone is built differant. , when guys are in there 20's and 30's the want a sixpack. Now I just don't want my stomach hanging over my pants, . I don't want to need a mirror on my shoes to see under my belly, .
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Post by Michael on Apr 5, 2019 23:19:45 GMT
Cmon guys why does nobody join me on the journey? Don't you want a sixpack? I bet if you could just snap a finger and have a sixpack, you would want one haha you know it's true, you know what's going on It's the work necessary to get there that prevents most people from going for it. Do daily ab exercises, do some cardio and you will get there too! 10 weeks that's over 2 1/2 months, that's definitely achievable for you guys! To be honest JRG, I wouldn't want a six pack I've done all the work and never tried to get a sixpack From what I've read, diet is the key part of it I've known people who did a LOT of ab exercises and cardio and they didn't ever have a sixpack So I think diet is the key element Good luck and I hope it works for you Genetics also play a role. Some people get them by accident.
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Post by Michael on Apr 6, 2019 10:49:23 GMT
I do work my abs with weight, no excuses here. Everyone has there opinion. I do weighted Get Ups with a 70 lb kettlebell and weighted carries. Give it a try and see how Your abs feel.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 11:33:16 GMT
Obviously you need some development to the midsection for it to look good. But that is pretty easy to do. Then it just comes down to diet.
I find I am so active between April and October (light evenings in UK) that I get abs without really trying. I'm out in the sea a lot, which creates a huge calorie demand that is hard to meet.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Apr 6, 2019 12:48:59 GMT
whiffet surfs. A lot of the movements hit your abs.
One non-crunch exercise that really hits your abs is the wall triceps kickbacks.
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Post by Mr Average on Apr 6, 2019 14:30:35 GMT
Obviously you need some development to the midsection for it to look good. But that is pretty easy to do. Then it just comes down to diet. I find I am so active between April and October (light evenings in UK) that I get abs without really trying. I'm out in the sea a lot, which creates a huge calorie demand that is hard to meet. Well the thing is, apart from you, no one else on here seems to even think of going in the water. Swimming, surfing, rowing etc............ all make demands on the muscles and can burn calories like crazy, but some people still only have a gym/workout mindset and do not even consider that there are other ways to get in shape and maintain it.
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Post by Bob50 on Apr 6, 2019 15:50:06 GMT
Intensive co-contraction (KSHD) exercises under different angles are enough for me. Also they develop back muscles. Changing my diet could show some abs muscles, but I do not care about that.
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Post by billfish on Apr 6, 2019 16:15:16 GMT
Obviously you need some development to the midsection for it to look good. But that is pretty easy to do. Then it just comes down to diet. I find I am so active between April and October (light evenings in UK) that I get abs without really trying. I'm out in the sea a lot, which creates a huge calorie demand that is hard to meet. Well the thing is, apart from you, no one else on here seems to even think of going in the water. Swimming, surfing, rowing etc............ all make demands on the muscles and can burn calories like crazy, but some people still only have a gym/workout mindset and do not even consider that there are other ways to get in shape and maintain it. My wife and I belonged to the local "Y" a few years ago and although not a strong swimmer, I enrolled in a "finning" class where you swim with swim fins on. It was one hour of non-stop swimming, crawls, dolphin kicks etc. I thought I might drown I was so exhausted the first time. But I stayed with it and built my way up to a mile. The lady who ran the class told me if I kept it up I might get sixpack abs. I laughed and told her that the only sixpack I was interested was in the refrigerator ! (beer)
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Post by dynoman on Apr 6, 2019 16:47:04 GMT
I do hanging leg raises with my abs straps and ab wheel rollouts and broomstick twists for my abs that that’s it , the rest is diet and walking and that covers the ab portion for me.
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