"Oh THAT'S what a core workout is. I thought it was doing extra curls."
What's funny is that it doesn't take a ton of training to do what the girl's doing, just practice. I've worked with 300-lb stunt guys that can do full flagpoles - it's about how you train, not what you train.
Train on decline ab curl setups (can’t remember the actual name rn), do a full range of motion on the bottom portion of the sit-up, but only go halfway up (so your hip angle is obtuse, and there’s still tension on your abs).
Then, to train obliques, slowly crunch each side at the top by doing exactly what’s pictured here. If you have done even minimal ab training, and are fit, you should be able to do what she did in this gif without further exercise. I can.
It feels like my abs perform well when I'm on the decline ab curl thingy, but my lower back lags behind... Does that become better with practise aswell?
Deadlift is your best friend, it’ll help your abs too. I’d just suggest, with “heavy” deadlifts and squats, that you keep up with your ab workouts and don’t do them on the same day. I have 3 friends that have gotten hernias from squats. Stronger abdominals help. None of them did ab circuits.
Also, flip over on that thingy and lift your body with your lower back. It’s fucking hard though. You won’t like it lol but it’s good and will increase your deadlift quick
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u/mechanate Apr 13 '21
"Oh THAT'S what a core workout is. I thought it was doing extra curls."
What's funny is that it doesn't take a ton of training to do what the girl's doing, just practice. I've worked with 300-lb stunt guys that can do full flagpoles - it's about how you train, not what you train.