A High Intensity Workout to Give You Killer Abs
If you are ready for a high intensity workout for your abs, this whole body routine is amazing, even more so because it doesn't use any direct ab exercises.
Before we start, you do know that unless you eat clean you are never ever going to have a tight flat stomach or sexy six pack abs to show off.
However well developed your abs become, if you can't eat mainly whole unprocessed lean protein, complex carbs and unsaturated fats in the right portions and proportions at the right times of day, killer abs are off the agenda, cause they will always be hiding behind a stubborn layer of belly fat.
Now for the killer abs tri set. (Like a super set but with 3 rather than 2 exercises).
Go for 3-4 sets with 8 reps as a ballpark starting point. Rest between 30 seconds to 1 minute between each exercise and around 1-2 minute once you've completed each cycle of 3.
Take the longer rest if you are an ectomorph (hard gainer). Push yourself on with the least rest if you are an endomorph.
1. The first exercise of the high intensity workout is the renegade dumbbell row. Grab a couple of dumbbells and hit the pushup position.
Row one arm, stabilise with the other. Alternate the movement for 8 reps. You are going to really feel this one, but it's a good hurt.
2. Squats. You gotta love them. Try front squats. You'll probably need someone to check your form when you start out, but front squats where you hold the bar across the front of your shoulders with your elbows up and out force your abs into extreme stabilization mode.
3. Mountain Climbers on Floor. Get back into pushup position and shuffle your feet up and down so that your knees move under your chest and out again.
If you are a glutton for punishment, get your hands moving forward and back as well.
This is one of the best set of ab exercises around, working your abs hard while toning the rest of your body. And it feels so good when it stops.
If you're over messing about with traditional ab exercises and weirdo gadgets you can read more about the Truth About Abs. Find out the best ways to eat and exercise for your body type. while you're there.
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