Best six pack exercises

Thursday, November 18th, 2010 at 9:42 am

When you go to the gym I bet you have seen people do the typical ab routines that include situps, crunches, leg raises, etc… These exercises are to specific to one body part, they extend our workout too much, are literally a pain in the neck, and are not the best option for metabolism-boosting high intensity workouts. You want a workout that is really intense so that you can build rock hard abs & core, but also create a much better fat-burning workout than a typical ab workout.

Today I going to show you some of my favorite “ab workouts” that doesn’t include any direct “ab exercises” at all.

Here it goes:

1a. Renegade Dumbbell Rows
1b. Front Squats with Barbell
1c. Mountain Climbers on Floor

You should do around 3-4 sets of 8 reps, or more sets for less reps, such as 5 sets of 5 reps of each exercise. Mountain climbers can be done for a time interval (such as 30 seconds) instead of “reps”.

Exercise Descriptions:

Renegade dumbbell rows start off in a pushup position with the hands on 2 dumbbells. You then lift one dumbbell up to your chest while stabilizing your body with the other arm. Bring the dumbbell back to the ground and repeat with the opposite arm. The stabilizing effect will workout your abs in a way crunches and situps can’t. Believe me… you’ll feel it in the abs!

renegade rows start position for solid core

renegade rows - great ab & core exercise
Renegade Rows shown above

Front squats are done with the barbell in front of your body on the front of your shoulders instead of resting on the upper back as in back squats. Increase the stabilizing effects by crossing your arms and pushing your fists into the bar against your shoulders while keeping your elbows out in front of the body.

Ask for help when starting off, cause it can get tricky at the beginning. Front squats require extreme stabilization strength from the abs due to the barbell weight being shifted to the front of the body instead of the back. You may think this is just a leg exercise, but believe me once again, you will feel your abs burn.

front squats start position for rock hard abs

front squats - surprisingly good abdominal exercise
Front squats shown above

Mountain climbers are start off in a pushup position. Bring one leg up as shown in the pictures take it back and repeat with the opposite leg. Try to do this as fast as you can for more intensity and fat burning effect.

mountain climbers ab exercise start

mountain climbers - great ab exercise
Mountain Climbers shown above

After finishing each exercise, rest about 30 seconds before starting the next exercise. Rest about 1-2 minutes after completing each “tri-set” before repeating.

This will give you one of the best ab workouts you’ve ever had without even doing any direct ab exercises. You’ll see what I mean after you try it!

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