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Hi, I am about 16 years old and I was wondering if you can
tell me a crazy ab workout. I do crunches with waits and
envelopes. I also hang on a bar and pull my legs up to the
bar. I think these are great exercises but when I do them I
don't feel that "pain" that I actually worked out my abs. It
feels like I didn't even work them out. I am sure that I do
my exercises correctly. Do you think I should continue these
workouts? Can you suggest any better workouts? (Preferable
without weights). Thank you.
Emil-
Tha abs are like any other muscle and you ned load to progress. As well like any other muscle pain is not a sign of agood workout. Pain happ[ens dont seek it.
The best thing you can do to build a strong core is load it and use it like you would in real life, by doing big compound moves like squats, over head pressing, cleans, over head squats, dealifts, throwing things playing sport. As well that will have the benefit of working the rest of the body. Then just tack on aset or two of direct ab work most of which IMO would be done static like planks and suit case carries etc as opposed to move in flexion like crunches etc.
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