"This is as simple as it sounds. The hardest training for your abs involves exercises with your feet on the floor. Doing two-hand push passes or overhead two-handed throws with a medicine ball for distance will make your next morning not so much fun.
"Good mornings are ab killers too; go ahead and try it. Standing crunches with a cable or a band will reveal some real weaknesses. Pushing a car or truck is another ab killer.
Doing the wood chopping motion with a band or cable in place of an ax handle will open your eyes, and even weighted crunches done on a stability ball, with the feet stabilizing your body, makes the abs work far more than the normal crunch.
I’m only posting this as I figured if I was a little confused, maybe someone else was, too.
This may seem a bit off the wall, but very heavy cheater tricep pushdowns also hit my abs. I start with a weight I could only get maybe 4 or 5 reps with, usually with a pushdown handle though a rope should work too, and then let my arms go above my head on the negative.
A controlled semi crunching yank to get the cable down to elbow lock and then maybe a second back up. Repeat. I discover this was working my abs (and lats a bit) by accident while just trying to hammer my triceps.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
This may seem a bit off the wall, but very heavy cheater tricep pushdowns also hit my abs. I start with a weight I could only get maybe 4 or 5 reps with, usually with a pushdown handle though a rope should work too, and then let my arms go above my head on the negative.
A controlled semi crunching yank to get the cable down to elbow lock and then maybe a second back up. Repeat. I discover this was working my abs (and lats a bit) by accident while just trying to hammer my triceps.[/quote]
Nice tip. I’ve done something similar. Seems I have been doing lots of “standing ab work.” I just didn’t call it that. I’ll have to stay more hip to the lingo.
[quote]Naphta wrote:
Elite fts also recomends using the ab wheel and trying to work up to doing them from a standing position. I haven’t been able to, insanely difficult.[/quote]
Speaking of this one of the most impressive core strenght feats ive seen was a video of Dave Tate at his Heavy weight 300 lbs Plus doing a Very smooth and controlled ab wheel from a full on stand all the way down all the way back up and it looked like it was a cake walk.
The ab wheel on or the only lil gimmick TV gadget thats worth a shit
Oh OH carries are great try One handed with a DB or alternate suit case carry and DB oh Carry with varied load so your body has to adjust to stay balanced, suit case caries, lots of strongman stuff is killer. etc…
[quote]CaliforniaLaw wrote:
In the latest Powerlifting USA, Dave Tate says that one of the most important things he did to build his squat was standing ab work.
[quote]greekdawg wrote:
CaliforniaLaw wrote:
In the latest Powerlifting USA, Dave Tate says that one of the most important things he did to build his squat was standing ab work.