Working the six pack!
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Soldato
What level of body fat percentage do you have? If it isn't sufficiently low then you will not see your abs no matter how hard you train them. You may need to do some cardio to cut down fat.
Possibly look at some leg raises in the dip machine and weighted incline situps to hit your abs quite hard. And dont forget SQUATS and DEADLIFTS!
Possibly look at some leg raises in the dip machine and weighted incline situps to hit your abs quite hard. And dont forget SQUATS and DEADLIFTS!
Soldato
Yeah I find ass-to-grass squats very good for hitting the abs... i.e. go as low down as possible with the bar. Deadlifts are excellent for stregthening the whole body.
To hit the lower abs you can do hanging leg raises but I hate those. I do a mixture of two exercises as I find it hard to really target the lower abs without using other muscles like the hip flexors.
I'll lie on my back on a bench, then bring my legs up so as to do a leg raise, then I'll curl my hips and legs up using my lower abs, then I'll slowly lower and repeat. Absolutley murders my abs!!
To hit the lower abs you can do hanging leg raises but I hate those. I do a mixture of two exercises as I find it hard to really target the lower abs without using other muscles like the hip flexors.
I'll lie on my back on a bench, then bring my legs up so as to do a leg raise, then I'll curl my hips and legs up using my lower abs, then I'll slowly lower and repeat. Absolutley murders my abs!!