Abs Training
 

A quote from my upcoming interview with Akiva Stopford:

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my thoughts exactly, you can have the best abs in the world, but if they are covered/wrapped in fat then youll never know.

Squatds, Deads, OH Press and lately BB Calf Raises hit my abs and core much better than crunching myself in to oblivion 6 times a week ;)

Carl.

I do like heavy situps, but beyond that ab exercise bore me to death.

On a side note...I've performed more direct ab work these past 2 months than I did for the last 24 years combined.

Good to hear, 'cos I can't stand crunches, sit-ups and oblique twists and other abs exercises ad nauseum...

Has it made a noticeable difference ???

Carl.

No. Not at all. My one pack is still in tact.

I do feel it's helping with squats and lower back though.

Good points, Carl and 5kg.

My ab work is really more for lower back support than anything else. Since I started doing weighed work (Front, side and back) my lower back pain is manageable (as opposed to intermittently debilitating).

This is full of LOL Steve!

lol :D

carl.

direct, HEAVY, ab work is necessary for a heavy squat. You simply cannot keep an upright position, big chest, arched lower back without strong abdominals.

my favorites are spud abs (pulldown abs with a spud forearm strap), and weighted decline situps (down with the weight worn "as a hat" held on or behind your head to increase the lever arm).

Right now my lower back is taking a beating from sitting all day.

Looking to get my squat over a raw 500 by age 44. We'll see. Hopefully all this ab work will help my old bones.