There are approximately one billion ab training articles on the internet.
So why am I tackling this subject? Because most ab training articles suck.
Because most ab training EXERCISES suck.
Here are 3 abdominal exercises that don't suck: Before we begin, I have to mention two very important things: First - if you want to see your abs, the most important thing you can do is strip off body fat.
You can have the strongest abs in the world but nobody will ever know if you keep them covered in blubber.
Second - the best ab exercises are heavy compound movements that force your abs to contract hard to stabilize a load.
I am talking about exercises that do not LOOK like ab exercises but actually do a great job of training the abs.
Things like squats, dead lifts and overhead presses.
Of course, everyone always ignores those two points because they want to train the abs directly.
And experience tells me that today will not be any different.
So here you go: 3 ab exercises that don't suck.
#1: Ab Wheel Or Barbell Roll-Outs People think this is a new exercise, but these ab wheel things have been around since the 1960's.
But whatever - the point is this is an awesome exercise.
You can do this with an ab wheel or with a barbell and a couple weight plates.
If you never tried these before, here is fair warning: You WILL be sore.
When you do a full standing roll out, you abs will be strong.
#2) Weighted Sit-ups.
A tried & true classic.
For a while, we all got distracted and started talking about crunches instead of sit-ups.
(Myself included).
But a couple years ago I ditched the crunches, went back to full sit-ups and have not looked back since.
Sit-ups are harder than crunches.
And harder exercises are usually better exercises.
Lesson learned.
Use a weight plate on your chest until you can do reps with a 45-pound plate.
Then switch to a barbell and hold the loaded barbell with straight arms over your chest.
#3) Hanging Leg Raises.
Do not bother with the those weird ab raise sleeves at the gym.
They will just make your elbows stink.
Instead, just grab a chin-up bar and SLOWLY raise your feet as high as you can.
Then SLOWLY lower your feet under control.
Do not thrash and flop around like mermaid.
Go slow and eliminate momentum.
There you have it.
3 ab exercises that don't suck.
Add one of these to the end of your workouts.
Choose a different one each time.
Do that for a month and you will have rock hard abs in 30 days.