I was wondering if I could get some input back from you guys on the best ab exercises and if ab exercises are really necessary to do every time I train with my 5,3,1 program. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
Ab exercises are important. What are your goals? What do you want to achieve thru 5/3/1? It would help give better responses. Also if you need tips on good ab exercises this question has been asked before and is available if you search her and T Cell Alpha (look under “groups”).
I’ve been doing an abundance of different ab exercises for olympic lifting, and what I’ve found to be the best are…
Hanging leg raises - put your arms through those ab straps, hang, and pull your knees controlled to touch your elbows. 5x10-12 works nice.
DeFranco circuit
Garhammer raises
Weighted sit-ups
Sit-ups on GHR (weighted)
Do one of these every lifting day.
I was wondering if this is a recommended ab exercise? Thanks again
Dragon flags. I do them one workout each week, and leave the rest of my ab development to complex lifts.
[quote]forlife wrote:
Dragon flags. .[/quote]
Good stuff when done right
Chin ups make my abs more sore than any “ab exercise”
I also like wheel roll outs and some variation of torso rotations.
i do weighted hanging knee raise’s 3 x 10 with 10 kg n dragon flags ( i can only manage 4 strict ). the knee raises really brought out my lower abs .