STOP training your ABS like this!!

Alright quick tip, if you wanna grow your abs, stop doing all these fancy exercises that keep your back in a flat position. Even though you might feel a burn, oftentimes it’s just your hip flexors, as doing this results in nothing more than an isometric contraction for your abs. So, if you really want to grow them, you need to lengthen and shorten the muscle by rounding your back through lumbar flexion, as this is how your abs actually work to contract. So either bring your pelvis up to your sternum like during a leg raise, where you are lifting your glutes off the floor to actually flex your spine, or bring your sternum down to your pelvis like during a cable crunch where you are keeping your hips in a neutral position and driving your chest down.

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[MaxEuceda]

I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve posted and done some of these before, but thankfully I’ve learned from my mistakes. Even though you may feel a ‘burn’, any sort of ab exercise where you are not flexing your spine will result in a suboptimal stimulus as there is no change in muscle length. If you actually want to grow your abs, you need to be lengthening and shortening the muscle by flexing your spine and rounding your back.

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[leonelp]

Is funny how literally EVERY gym influencer contradict with each other

[Jpgaps]

I was a competitive swimmer who did flutter kicks, planks, and just plain “flat back position” workouts every single day, my abs were as strong as a rock. So while you’re probably right about getting more of a workout with longer extensions. There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing “flat back positions” and they WILL grow and strengthen your abs.

[elon-gatedMusk-rat]

If I watch few more youtube shorts I shall be convinced that every exercise which I do is of no use...

[zamncube]

What I’ve learnt about fitness, there’s too many knowers lol 😂

[ruffle]

I can guarantee you that these exercises helped me develop my abs.

[TheTobiasSimon]

We’ve seen you lat spread, but we still need the glute spread

[monsterskater]

I agree with everything but planks you said. Planks are very very important, they help develop so much core stability, and they are something that everyone should be getting in every day.

[gabeg.]

As a physical therapist, please do these "flat back" deep core stabilization exercises. A 6 pack is nice, but these flat back exercises help with core bracing while doing exercises like squats and deadlifts. We usually find the deep core is under developed in so many people, and it's especially true with those who have low back pain. I recommend training all 3 parts of your core to get max gains: a plank type, a curl type, and a cross body/paloff press type of execise. If you feel like your hip flexors are working more than your abs then you need to find a harder variation. 💪

[Vexarax]

When you’ve never done ab exercises and start doing those little ones he said don’t work, the next day every stomach muscle hurts like it’s on fire lol so I think they definitely work to some degree!! But as your muscles get stronger I can see why you’d need to evolve the exercises :)

[FourOneixx]

To be fair those first two exercises are actually really good😂 tested n true

[ShedBricks]

I like how the best workouts for certain things are just fairly simple. Nothing fancy and gets the job done.

[ibrahimmuhassen]

The plank is awesome for making your core function as it should, a stabalizer muscle. But it wont make a visible set of abs, so i say do both isometrics like planks, and leg raises or just dynamic exercises like you showed in this video

[shawnoneal]

I'm suffering from an abdominal hernia and some testicle pain and do similar ranges of motion and it seems to lessen the pain a lot until I can get to the doctor to specialist. I've been practicing the same movement before I seen this video short. I can't say pain will bring you closer to God but it definitely opens your Eyes. There's nothing like the Jolt of the feeling being kicked in the nuts without being kicked. Not sure what's the matter but it's definitely one hell of an attention gettet buddy. It's been months and I'm still not used to it. I'm learning a lot of new resistance moves and having to try new methods and it's definitely going to make me a better person. I like your positive attitude and will keep watching your videos as long as you post them
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[trevtkd]

You’re so close to understanding what you’re talking about. It’s not about lumbar flexion (although it may feel that way) it’s about maintaining a posterior pelvic tilt during these exercises. All the ones you showed with a red X are fine as long as you maintain a posterior pelvic tilt to ensure you aren’t compensating with your hip flexors (I’m a Physical therapist, exercise physiologist, Pilates certified instructor and strength coach). Please learn about what you’re talking about before spreading poor information online.

[bjornstout]

I'll give this a try, thanks for the idea 👍😎💪

[philhersh]

Dude has a cable machine in his living room. Hard core

[a.a.m.p]

I got my abs by doing those fancy exercises tho 🤨 the only requirement was daily discipline and eating healthy PERIOD

Update: by eating healthy I meant I eat greens most of time and ofc I avoid fast foods as much as I can, however I DO NOT FOLLOW STRICT DIETS OR RESTRICT MYSELF WHENEVER I HAVE A CRAVING, INDEED I HAVE CHOCOLATE ALMOST EVERYDAY AND CROISSANTS, PAIN AUX CHOCOLAT, PASTAS, PIZZAS, GELATOS, CHEESE, WINE, ALL THE TIME. JUST DO EXERCISE DAILY. D'ACCORD? AU REVOIR 😉

[STUTTA]

Lmfao we all know you didn’t get abs from that simple one change Imfao

[RomanFrederick-gk]

I no longer have abs unfortunately I’m on a bulk, but when I did have them, I would watch random 5 min at home ab workouts that were flutter kicks, leg raises, etc. and I can promise those had me with the best abs ever. There’s no right way for abs. As long as you go until you wanna throw up everyday, they’ll grow ripped and full as long as your lean.