A lot of the 90s bodybuilders had great abs and a lot of them swear by the bent-over cable crunch. But I cannot for the life of me figure out how to consistently prevent it from becoming a hip hinge. So I will try this variation this weekend.
I feel it more when I focus on NOT rounding the spine, and just using my abs to fold over. The spine rounds a bit, but not as much so if I use the queue to round the spine. If I follow the round your back to crunch queue I find that it makes me utilize back muscles to push the weight down, instead of the pulling I feel when focusing on getting the weight down by just flexing my abs. Also, the straighter I keep my legs, the more I feel the entire muscle group of my abs being recruited and it helps to slightly push my hips forward. I feel it more than just in the top of my abs if I have my legs bent at all.
I've been getting recommendations for your videos for weeks now and I've seen quite a few of them up until this point. I've already implemented a few tweaks from you like for example scapular pulls where I like to imagine pulling the shoulder plates back down before pulling the bar down on my pulldown sets and these small tweaks I've been learning from you really seemed to improve my workouts and soreness afterwards. I think the way you presentate your videos is pretty nice while also doing cool explanations in biomechanics. Now you come up with this new AB/6-Pack exercise I've never before seen anyone do. I dont fuck with the usual known cable crunches for many different reasons and I feel like you just delivered what I needed on a silver plater for my Core workout to be well rounded. Keep up the great work and videos! In my opinion, only good things and growth will come your way how you do this
I don't know about others, but for me, I don't like the ab crunch machine because having my back against something makes it harder to extend and flex the back, and it feels like it encourages me to make it more of a hip-flexor movement. I haven't tried these standing cable crunches, but I like normal cable crunches.
What would you recommend as the antithesis of this to ensure balance in the core? In other words, how would you work your lower back to make sure that it isn’t always stretching and thus weakening when working the front abs.
A lot of the 90s bodybuilders had great abs and a lot of them swear by the bent-over cable crunch. But I cannot for the life of me figure out how to consistently prevent it from becoming a hip hinge. So I will try this variation this weekend.
One cue I have, and it's a real one, it to jus imagine ur trying to lick ur nuts. Trust me, it gets u to really flex ur spine
I feel it more when I focus on NOT rounding the spine, and just using my abs to fold over.
The spine rounds a bit, but not as much so if I use the queue to round the spine. If I follow the round your back to crunch queue I find that it makes me utilize back muscles to push the weight down, instead of the pulling I feel when focusing on getting the weight down by just flexing my abs.
Also, the straighter I keep my legs, the more I feel the entire muscle group of my abs being recruited and it helps to slightly push my hips forward. I feel it more than just in the top of my abs if I have my legs bent at all.
I've been getting recommendations for your videos for weeks now and I've seen quite a few of them up until this point. I've already implemented a few tweaks from you like for example scapular pulls where I like to imagine pulling the shoulder plates back down before pulling the bar down on my pulldown sets and these small tweaks I've been learning from you really seemed to improve my workouts and soreness afterwards.
I think the way you presentate your videos is pretty nice while also doing cool explanations in biomechanics.
Now you come up with this new AB/6-Pack exercise I've never before seen anyone do.
I dont fuck with the usual known cable crunches for many different reasons and I feel like you just delivered what I needed on a silver plater for my Core workout to be well rounded.
Keep up the great work and videos!
In my opinion, only good things and growth will come your way how you do this
This looks very similar to the movement on an ab crunch machine.
I don't know about others, but for me, I don't like the ab crunch machine because having my back against something makes it harder to extend and flex the back, and it feels like it encourages me to make it more of a hip-flexor movement. I haven't tried these standing cable crunches, but I like normal cable crunches.
This used to be my main Abb exercise
Is the seated version of this also valid?
What would you recommend as the antithesis of this to ensure balance in the core? In other words, how would you work your lower back to make sure that it isn’t always stretching and thus weakening when working the front abs.
What about one for lower abs?
this will train lower abs
How many sets and amount per week? Thx
Ben is the future. Simple but so effective. Thank you
appreciate the kind words!
@ my pleasure. Please keep up the great content
bro we're connected i always ask myself abt an exercise and u keep posting about it next day😂
I love u
Thanx! ❤