The Advanced Ab Exercises That Actually Work (Seriously)
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- The most effective Ab Workouts will include progressive strength training taking the all the ab muscles (rectus abdominis, obliques, transverse abdominis, quadratus lumborum) through a full range of motion.
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While Planks are a very popular exercise, they’re probably the most ineffective exercise for strengthening and building your ab muscles. In this video Alec Blenis shows me his favourite exercises and the techniques he uses to strengthen his core. - กีฬา
How to do this without a GHD? You need the following
1. Anchor point for your hips/waist. A Bosu Ball, Exercise Ball or even an adjustable bench (lay crossways to it) work well.
2. Anchor point for your feet. Get a little creative around your gym, but even a pair of heavy dumbbells can work well.
As for the Reverse Crunch, you can do this simply on a flat bench, grabbing onto the end with your arms. OR, depending how crowded your gym is, pull it up to a rack/smith machine to grab onto the bar.
I'll record some videos for you and post to my Shorts soon! Hope you guys enjoyed the video, and if you want to train with Alec, you can check out his hybrid programs over at bit.ly/alecblenis
please record if you can! highly appreciate it
-Sissy squat for anchor
-if power rack or smith machine pins low enough set up barbell at lowest point w a pad over it
@@nnnnnnnnnnnnmmm I second this!
We need a video without GHD
So sorry to bring a downer on this really interesting video with good exercises Eugene but the bit about adding weight does worry me because of my back problems due to heavy ab training when I was younger & dumber. I particularly don't like the look of exercise 4 with the recommended heavy weight - it sets up large shearing forces on the discs.
I actually regard heavy ab work (including exercises 4 & 5 - they're not new) as being more responsible (than heavy squats/deadlifts) for my many years of back problems with several back operations. I ended up with total disc collapses at L5 - S1 & L4 - L5 levels and a further 20 years of neuropathic pain (a particular type of nerve pain) throughout the lower back and upper glute areas - this still hasn't totally gone away but I am back at the gym doing what I can and being very careful.
My advice would be to see what benefit changing exercises brings before adding any weight But if adding weight is really necessary, i.e. your ab muscles lack size, then please just use small amounts of weight with small increments. I'd rather I had the fattest gut in the gym & still worked out than had many years of severe pain & no workouts.
0:15 - GHD Sit-Up
3:58 - Reverse GHD Sit-Up
5:55 - GHD Dragon Flag
6:39 - Cable Twist
8:45 - Dynamic Cable Twist
10:33 - 45° Side Bend
Thanks for the legendary content as always Eugene
Youre doing gods work👌
@@whoknows8223 haha appreciate it
Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you good sir 🫡
thanks man.
The GHD is a rare bird, I've never seen one in the wild. You guys should have included alternatives for those who don't have access to a GHD.
Just posted alternative set ups to the pinned comment!
MVP behaviour
I love to use a medicine ball!
@@coacheugeneteo Was really hoping for a video for the alternate setup too :) the text is tricky for non native speakers.
It just means people need to raise awareness to gym leaders.. err I mean gym owners. Won't work on your everyday commercial gym, but they should be used by everday people who are not invested in using more advanced gear for their advanced needs.
probably the best ab video online ever
Thank you! 🙏 Alec is an excellent coach and teacher
EXACTLY
Didn't Heineken make that video? 😋
If your Gym has a GHD that is :(
Totally agree! These are great, I'm pumped to put these into my workout. Thanks for Alec and Eugene for the great content!
alec: "up! up! up!"
eugene, not moving: "yeah I am"
that says it all
There's so much over saturation when it comes to ab exercise content and yet all this stuff is amazing and really cool. Alec is definitely a monster
Alec's understanding of the human body is awesome. Explaining the physics of what creates intensity is crucial to helping people really get stronger and that knowledge just isn't coming through in everyone's content. Great video
These are high yield gold. Seriously, anyone can just focus on this consistently for a lifetime and build a solid asset core both aesthetically and functionally
This is GOLD. The fact that most of us (myself 100% included) cannot touch these movements with a ten-foot pole just shows you how much we need to level up to truly maximize our fitness.
Loved putting this together! Hope your abs have recovered by now Eugene :)
This was awesome, been doing the GHD reverse sit up and kneeling cable twists. They're incredible!
Ready for round 2!
As someone who does leg raises with weights x20 and maxed out every ab machine, THANK YOU! It gets very tiring to do weird set ups. It's not some BS cardio workout. These are just some cool obvious hypertrophic ab movements.
Good luck!
Did GHD sit ups today, and they were brutal in the best way possible
Hi Eugene,
As someone who also does jiujitsu -- try doing the side bend, with your top arm tucked behind the small of your back, and your other hand holding a (light... like 8 or 10 lbs) dumbbell. As you curl upright, push your hand holding the dumbbell across your midline -- just like you're setting up for an armbar from closed guard.
I love making exercises into Jiujitsu moves. Maybe you can do a video on as many of those as you can come up with?
Alec: Up, up, up!
Eugene: Yeah I am *not moving*
lol great video! Cant wait to try these exercises!
Alec is an absolute animal!! And he transmites a pretty calm vibe which is cool
So many fucking bots commenting. Anyways, Alec's core is absolutely insane. Like the only way to describe his core is "beautiful"
Wow, Alec is so knowledgeable and I really felt like I filled a knowledge gap by watching this video.
He's an excellent coach!
Alec: "Up, up, up"
Eugene: "Yeah, I am"
😂😂😂
What a great video, thank you.
Will check out Alec's content. Seriously impressive.
i was just thinking through what the best ab workiuts would be and this knocks it out of the park. the main principles evrryone should be prioritizing. and i love the 4th exercise, rotational power and that transverse plane is so underrated, especially dor athletes. this and the grip video are gold, keep it up man!!! quickly one of my fav channels
Thank you my friend!
Range of motion is the key! 👏👏👏
Great.
Another one again please.
This was great! Alec is the goat!
I can't believe I haven't trained my core like this. I def will incorporate these.
Definitely the best core/ ab workout explanations I’ve ever watched
Alec is wonderful -- hope to see more of him!
THIS CONTENT IS LEGENDARY. It is exactly what I was looking for. Keep up the high quality content Eugene! Thank you!
More to come!
@@coacheugeneteo Hell YEAHH
I really like the exercises and the way you explained all of them. Please keep on making videos like these. Its probably one of the best abs videos on youtube❤
Definitely going to try these
What a cool portion of knowledge. Thank You😎
Amazing video, Alec sounds like a great trainer / teacher.
this is superb. So many ideas for exercises. Thank you!
Enjoy!
Alec is a beast. Great video. Vegainz
Wow... good one
Great video!
3AM life-changing fitness enthusiasts unite!
2 true professionals showing us how it’s done. Thanks guys!
A follow up video showing adaptability/variations to work on “standard” gym kit would be helpful 👍🏻
This is great thanks fellas
Amazing !!!
Very cool! I have been doing sit ups hanging back completely on the hyper extension machine, very effective and good deep stretch
AMAZING CONTENT!
Wow. First I’m going to need a few months of solid pre-core base fitness, but then I’m going to jump in the deep end with these. Thank you for the demonstrations - eye-opening!👏
Amazing video
Lots of respect for these guys .. I still believe Max True is the GOAT
Great video
Good stuff. Never saw anything from you before. But I'm a serious core enthusiast never skip my core and train it 4 days a week. Been looking for a new challenge.
I can't find these devices anywhere.
Ik its kind of obnoxious
What is the point of this video. Who has this equipment?
InEMF gyms Australia - if your gym hasn’t got one, tell him to get it - I have been doing a variation of these in my life - training since I was 17 now I’m 60 - but these harder variations I can’t wait to try
Great tips for ABS, will improve my ABS even more! Thx
More Alec content thanks
Excellent
Alec's core is an alien life form on his body.
This is great. I always struggled with finding a good Abb stimulus. Am sure to try these.
Edit: welp seems I am too weak to properly do most of them
Thanks for this! I tried this on Thursday, now it's Sunday and I can't sit up, cough, laugh or take a deep breath! Jeez, best ab workout ever. 😂
Just exactly what we needed. Thank you Eugene for always delivering.❤
Thank you! 🙏
YES! This is PRECISELY what I was looking for!
I'll add these to my routine (with some modifications because my gym doesn't have a reverse hyperextension machine) with my favourite: the cable crunch (the GOAT).
Firmly believe that bodyweight ab exercises are a waste of time.
I guarantee this is the best ab workout video ever
Awesome now I’m trying to recreate that set up on a budget
That was so dope.
These exercises are insanely good
I know you dont do sprinting but i would love to see some content like that too hahaha ❤❤ much love and great videos specially these last months even better !!
This is great! I am on week 3 of thick and quick beginner half marathon and loving it.
Awesome name for a program! Do you have a link?
program is here! join.ganbarumethod.com/alec-blenis/
Glad to hear it!
John would love this ❤
As a boxer with toned abs all we do at the gym is lots of sit ups, leg raises and planks at the end of every session. Proper simple and always works for us. No need for some super in depth long duration ab workouts.
The ghd stuff is inspirational. Didn't think about using them that way. The side bends though I've been doing it for a while and they make my obliques sore as hell.
My gym doesn't have GHD, still doing garhammer raises, which I saw on a different Eugene video. They are also quite good. Thank you
This was good timing since I got the Nordic GHD from Freak Athlete recently for my home gym. I was already trying the reverse GHD/flag on its flat bench after seeing Dr. Mike showing it (as “modified candlestick”) with a 10° reverse tilt to make it easier. But I hadn’t thought to try it with the GHD attachment.
Kind of crazy I’m at a similar ability on the QL raise, but I’m sure it helps that my upper body is much lighter lol. For those without GHD access, it should work with any back extension machine.
These are great exercises. Everyone emphasis lengthened porsion of exercises but abs dodnt get much love as far as I saw. These exercises are great for that. I did know about twist and sidebend but ghd stuff is new for me. Is there a variation without ghd?
My dad who is 53 has trained body building naturally since he was 15, he reached his genetic peak around 23, but the ONLY muscle group that ever grew was his AB’s whenever he was in his 40’s he started doing dragonflags and he has the best ABs I’ve ever seen naturally. Better than this guys as-well
Usually, these types of abs exercises in general tend to hurt my back even if I focus on my technique, it still hurts. I'm not a newbie I work out for more than ten years. but still.
With the QL side bends, I've found that putting the hip rest right below hip line recruits more glute med/minimus. Also I know he says hip rest leg in front, but I do it with that leg behind and twisting the torso towards the hip pad. This position I feel, allows the greatest stretchy in the QL muscle.
Twisting as you descend and untwist as you ascend incorporates Obliques training. But holding the twist through the eccentric and concentric is all QL+some glute.
I do these fresh then Glute Med,Max,Mini kickbacks after.
Awesomeness yeeeeeees yeeeeeeaaaahhhh yeeeeeees!!
👏😎👏
This guy has watched dr Mike
"Biiigggg stretch"
Im a big Dr. Mike fan. But Dr.Mike has nothing on this guy
He also trained with him.
Mike has trained him from time to time
Holly shit 😅 what a great workout 👌🏻
I'm at the point where I'm close enough to unlock the 7th and 8th ab I'm going for it! Hope to get some gold here!
Awesome video, what brand is that GHD?
Great video. Where does one find a double Roman chair like this? It might help my back issues. Thanks.
I eat my dinner when I watch these videos so I can pretend I'm having dinner with Eugene.
Don't forget to keep your elbows off the table, son
You could find out where he lives and eat outside his front door. Or not.
He looks good... damn good!
Been doing full dragonflag for almost 15 years and very few things beat that.
The tips on the crunch are little gems that can be applied to every kind of situps and crunches (it's best if you can fully extend the rib cage like in this video or with a fitball ).
Doing all this plus the side bends always resulted in the best abs (at a specific amount of BF) for me. Training ABS very well makes all the difference in performance ad aestethics specific to a certain BF percentage.
i agree, the dragonflag honestly is one of the best ab exercises that targets your entire abs along with obliques if done correctly along with other parts of the body
Nice
New subscriber
Hi amazing video. Whats the brand of hyperextension machine you use please looks sharp ? Thanks
Very pleasant to see that these are the exact execises I am already doing with some equipment variation. Just wondering... the sidebend, would it not be possible to do in a cable tower?
Hey Eugene, great vid as usual. For the QL side bends, does an incline bench work if you don’t have a 45 degree back extension machine? Or is there any other alternative set ups?
man, I thought I was getting good range of motion with exercise balls but this is probably the best
Some good stuff here. I never do side bends and don't advise anyone to either though. They're bad for your lumbar spine and can lead to sciatica issues.
dont be an ass-->dont max out on them and you will be just fine
(at least if you are healthy😅)
you have to position your leg correctly and maybe have it bent otherwise you might very well annoy your sciatic nerve
Just don't overload them too quickly and you'll be fine
I got sore just watching… but I can’t wait to try
This is mental! Can someone call DR MIKE plz, he needs to see this!
I do wish he would release a video for abs. Could really use some options for deep stretch.
super content
Oh yea I tell my patient this as well. A topic I wan to cover in near future
we need a video on the back side of the core as well
LEGIT, THE STRETCH, YOU CAN ALSO DO RANDOM CORE EXCERCISE THEN STRETCH IT USING YOGA BALL :)
I have superhero looking abs. They're just very well insulated.
AMAZING. ice to see some new exercises paired with LOTS of technique nuance. A VERY SMALL nitpick. I'm learning voicework (Trying anyway) Alec tends to up-talk the slightest bit at the end of sentences. It's very common and a subconscious way to not come across as intimidating. It's not even noticeable enough to be annoying. But it's noticeable. again, superior content. I just found you today, and you have a new subscriber. Well played Sirs ...
I had been using cable twists for a long time but lately had to take a break because I was getting pain in my left hip/glute/lower back, and it was definitely them causing it. Maybe I'll try to ease into them again cos I do really like them
Ab roller is my fav...
I wish I had these special props
This is great! I'm afraid of abs as I usually get cramps! Any advice? Thanks!
Now THAT is an ab workout blueprint. Thank you Eugene!! May I ask about the rolling whiteboard in the back. Where is that from?
I made it
Awesome. Now I just need a GHD...