How Strong Are Your Abs (TAKE THIS TEST!)

Get strong abs that show year round with this workout…

Have you ever wondered how strong your abs really are? If so, then you need to take this ab strength test before you do even one more ab workout. It is important to know the true strength of your abs before trying to do ab exercises because not knowing can lead you to get injured. If you try a hard ab exercise and wind up doing it with substitutions of other muscles (like hip flexors) you will likely put your back at risk of getting hurt.

The hip flexors are very dominant in ab exercises. They tend to try and take over the exercise while relegating the abdominals to a supporting role whenever possible. This is obviously not desirable for two big reasons. One, if you aren’t targeting your abs with the exercises you are trying to, you will likely never develop the six pack abs you are hoping to get. Second, if your abs are being dominated by a secondary muscle, you are inefficiently performing the exercise and compensating. These compensations can lead long term to breakdown of the joints near and supported by the core.

This quick double leg lowering test can be done on the floor right now without any equipment at all. It actually looks similar to a popular lower abs exercise. You lay on your back and bring your legs up to a position where they are perpendicular to the floor (at ninety degrees). Place your hands against the sides of your lower back to ensure that you are maintaining a posterior pelvic tilt and that there is no space at all in the small of your back and the floor.

Slowly lower your legs down to the ground, stopping at 75, 45, 30, and 15 degrees off the floor. If at any time you can’t hold the above positions for at least 2 seconds without your pelvis losing the posterior tilt and your back arching then you do not have optimal core and ab strength. The lower you can bring your legs before experiencing this loss of ab control, the stronger your abs are.

Ideally, you would be able to complete this ab strength test all the way down and then all the way back up without losing your ability to hold the pelvis. If you find that you have weak abs, you can perform this test as the exercise for strengthening the abs. It will fit into any ab workout and help you to build up the strength of your core on your way to a six pack.

[xs]

I thought my abs were weak but when I watched the vid and tested it, my abs were still weak

[Seobjevo]

Fuck no. I aint getting my ass off the chair...

[lloplop]

i wish this dude could be my personal trainer

[gaminghipi]

90% of the people in the comments did it wrong but think they have abs of steel lmao

[purplehumor]

I don't break but I get the shakes lmao

[alexanderd]

"No equipment"
Needs a floor

[DonovanJamesOfficial]

You can still have a strong core without having a six pack

[ElCaballoDiablo]

I couldn't sit up to get out of bed to do the test. How strong are my abs?

[SuperBizalz]

I bet Lieutenant Dan can bust this test no problem.

[Shayne]

and you're doing this while talking and making a video...

[albertselivjorstov]

Is that Ross Geller from "Friends"? xD

[Draxagonz]

My brother farted doing this lol


Does that count?

[nusphere]

this is harder for people with long legs

[basharen]

For people that think they can do this, you didn't keep your lower back pressed in the floor. You can't do this unless you trained for it. Or unless you are really short, its called the hollow body hold.

If you can place your fingers or hands under your lower back you did it wrong.
Okay I forgot to mention I mean holding it for 1 minute or longer. Everyone can hold it for 1 second.

[TheLeanMachines]

Nice Jeff, we use a similar thing with our clients

[matthe]

lol @ the intro, the guy is flexing and shaking so hard that he's just about to trigger an earthquake

[cofi]

my legs cant go that straight hahaahaha :'D

[henryhoffinheimer]

Ive been doing simple leg raises for years on and off with the only result being sore top 2 abs and pain in my hip flexors that would last days...in a few short minutes youve completely changed everything for me! Ive started pushing my lower back against the ground to maintain that flat back and prevent the take over by my hip flexors. Been doing this only a couple days so far and man, no pain or clicking in my flexors and my abs are on FIRE, seriously dude thank you!

[Ciloh]

So I have great abs--but they're hiding.

[kermitketamine]

No matter what position I always have that dip in my back. It's because I have a big ass and I can't lay it flat. What do I do?