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Home Ab Exercises

Home Ab Exercises

  • March 21, 2014 5:31 pm
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Want washboard abs and train them at home? Here are the exercises to do it! But don’t neglect the word of warning at the end!

Your Ab Muscles

Let’s start with a look at your ab muscles, so you have an idea what you are training there. There is a quadrillion muscles in that area, but two are important for a nice definition.

The first is the rectus abdominis, that runs from your ribcage to your pelvis. The second are the obliques, that start around the ribcage and go down to the sides of the hip bone.

Anatomy of the ab muscles

The rectus abdominis and oblique ab muscles.

Training The Rectus Abdominis

The uncrowned king of ab exercises is the crunch. Key with these is to fixate a spot above you and to not pull on your head.

Training The Obliques

To get the obliques, all we have to do is a slight variation of the regular crunch, the “twisted” crunch.

Training Both At Once

With three exercises you can train both the rectus abdominis and the obliques at the same time. The first two are the regular and the side plank, the third is the standing leg raise. That one you can even do when brushing your teeth!

Why No Sit-Ups?

A lot of people still do sit-ups, but for your ab muscles they don’t do all that much. Because they mostly train the hip flexors, deep muscles you won’t ever see outside of doing an autopsy on yourself.

The Word Of Warning

I mentioned a word of warning in the beginning. Here it is: ab exercises alone won’t get you a six-pack!

For a more in-depth explanation, check this link right here. Also have a look at the 11 bad ideas that can cost you your six-pack!

Picture courtesy of Walt Stoneburner.

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5 Comments

  1. Dr. J says:
    March 22, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    A few things:

    I agree these are all fine, but I do it differently.

    I keep my arms on my chest or at my sides rather than behind my head.

    Do you think leg exercises are just as good as upper body movements for the abs?

    I do crunches and V-ups, but mostly I do high karate kicks as well as leg lifts with bent knee with my arms holding me in the air off the edge of a bench. Klar? Do you think that is as good?

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    • evilcyber says:
      March 24, 2014 at 5:45 pm

      The most involvement from the ab muscles you’ll always get with exercises isolating it, like crunches.

      However, as a martial artist you are better advised to train the abs in context.

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      • Dr. J says:
        March 25, 2014 at 1:37 pm

        Danke!

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  2. Tushar says:
    March 22, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    Hi, Evil. I really find your website very helpful. Keep it up!!

    My question is that which careers and involved if you want to stay in health fitness?

    Can you upload an article for this. Thank you

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    • evilcyber says:
      March 24, 2014 at 5:50 pm

      Gyms and fitness centers often look for employees who are into fitness and often don’t require you to have a lot of qualifications. That’s the easiest way into a fitness career, but also one with low pay and possibly a dead end.

      I advise you to get a certification from a reputable organisation (for example, ACSM or ACE) or get a college degree in exercise physiology. Then you have a wide choice of fitness career moves.

      Reply

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