STOP Doing Ab Workouts (WASTE OF TIME!)
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Caveat: if your goal is to build ab size for the purpose of being a bodybuilder - obviously ab isolation exercises will have their purpose. But for MOST people who have no desire to step on stage, you can achieve an excellent aesthetic & develop excellent core stability without isolated ab workouts as long as your diet is on point & your training (as covered today) is performed correctly.
Love these vids, thanks mate 👊😎
I mean why you gotta be exclusive about that? There is nothing wrong with training core muscles directly. Pretty disappointed with this kind of close-mindedness from this channel.
@@ddg334he just said there isn’t a problem though? Sounds like you’re the closed mind here. He was outlining best uses for *average* people. If someone wants *functional* strength and stability, they’re not looking for big weightlifting bulk with barbells, they need simple but effective exercises that could be done with just a few pieces of equipment, and an accessible beginning point knowledge-wise, then the versions he demonstrated are excellent. If you want to do extra exercises that isolate muscles and for visual bulk, go right ahead. Nothing wrong with either.
@@isdeirinnme My bad. My reply was more towards the video than the comment
I am following ur previously told core routine with side planks on one day and exercise ball circles with one arm kettlebell pull planks. Just only in couple of weeks it gave me a better posture and control. Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽
*STOP Doing Ab Workouts*
Way ahead of you, buddy 😉
Half a sit up to get up and half a sit up to go to sleep
@pepito69 you forgot naps😉 gotta sleep to get those gains
I do like how single kettlebells being carried around simulate a lot of daily activities - picking up bags, reaching for items off high shelving, etc. It teaches you that you have a "core" and that it's something to use when carrying off-balance loads.
I agree up to a point. Trained situps with a 70lb dumbbell. Allows me to toss my kids off me from weird positions 😂.
For me as a rock climber it's essential to be able to lift my lower body by using my abs. There are also other sports where you need strong and mobile abs and core muscles. Movement is the basic principle of muscles.
Well said. I'm planning on doing similar video to this too
@@PeterLE2 Exactly, I practice brazilian jiu jitsu where strong and MOBILE abs are import as well
in this video he is talking about a stabilizing core, the main task of the core is to stabilize lower back so it won't bend and take more of loads than the core. a stable core will prevent back injury and help you to take you heavy weight.
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Lads from personal experience you need: decline crunch (with weight plate on chest for extra resistance if needed), cable crunch (using straight-bar) and hanging leg raises
Great content.
Thank you for your hard work.
Great content as always. Thank you ever so much for putting up such phenomenal content - available for all Aaron. It's helped my partner greatly with her knee pain recovery so I just wished to thank you for all that you do to help people get stronger and healthier.
Thank you!
Thank you for this valuable info ❤
I love this!! 👏🏾thank you
Thanks for those videos !!! I really appreciate all those functionnal kettlebell exercises you presented in the latest videos ! Very nice to see you collab with Dre too ! What do you think about using a fitness trampoline as a way to progress those kettlebell exercises ? Would the added instability from the trampoline's surface be beneficial for core stability ? For exemple if i try doing some kettlebell suitcase march on a trampoline would that be a good stability exercise ?
To be fair, I think most people that isolate abs for aesthetic reasons know there's no (nonsurgical) spot reduction. The idea is that bigger muscles are more visible under a given amount of fat than smaller muscles. There are some heavier class powerlifters or strongman competitors with abs that are visible well into the 20% bf range in a way they wouldn't be for a smaller person
To be fair, most people that isolate abs fire aesthetic reasons don't know that
Good to see you 2 collaborating. Your videos introduced me to his.and his stuff his amazing
Hi,
Thank you for providing such informative videos. I have learned numerous techniques and forms simply by watching and paying attention to your content. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.❤
Always with the good stuff, all clear and very neat. Thank you !
I love your videos!
Can you educate us on how to treat imbalanced hips/one leg slightly shorter than the other?
Great great vid with some real info
My health has greatly improved with these videos. Thank you sincerely
Did you know that a [insert exercise] is amazing if done correctly?
I had 3 inactive muscles in my core and one inactive muscle in my bumm because of sitting at the desk for 15 years of work.
Then I started squatting and deadlifting which led me to injuries.
Activating and strengthen core muscles and glute med and min with ground exercises using instability balls elastic bands were key for my correct deadlift. (just like in the recommended video)
Deadlift is much more complex than it sounds for the first time!
excellent recommendations as per usual from the even MORE excellent Dr. H and pal 👍
Def gonna try these at the gym next week
Yo! I think a good video idea would be how to overcome limited mobility due to injuries like breaks. I physically cannot get my knees over my toes due to a metal plate in my leg. I’m sure there are many others with similar problems that would benefit from your input on this! Love your videos!
glad u havent changed, been recommending u to all the #legday homies
Can we use dumbbell instead of kettlebell? If no, then what's the alternative for kettlebell?
Love it 💪
Ab workouts is a waste of time if core stability is the goal. But for hyertrophy and people that want bigger abs then there's nothing wrong with ab workouts. Weighted decline sit ups will give you bigger abs than any core stability exercise.
Exactly. Different goals, different approaches.
But to get rid of fat around the midsection that allows the six pack to be seen, it's not spot training with crunches or ab work outs that so many have recommended for so many years.
Your body doesn't store fat around the midsection because you haven't been doing ab workouts.
Correct
When people say, "we cannot spot reduce fat off our abs by doing ab exercises", I feel as though they are responding to something no one ever says.
I can't speak for everyone, but my friends and I do ab exercises (good ones, with weights and progressive overload) for hypertrophy of the abdominal muscles. When is the last time any fitness expert actually suggested doing ab workouts to spot reduce the fat on their stomach?
Oh boy, seriously, just go to a real lifting gym, and measure the size of abs on lifers and bodybuilders, lifters all have bigger abs, it's almost delusional what you said, you and a lot of people mistakenly think visible abs means bigger, that's very wrong, visible abs means low body fat percentage and only means that.
And for "burning fat", abs workouts are the least effective among everything, just use your high school science knowledge and think about how much work you do, very little work done so is it logical to think they can cause your body to use a lot of energy??? Hell no, it's impossible for those to "burn fat" with any meaningful efficiency, walking fast is a better way comparing to so called abs workout as long as you are in a caloric deficit.
Your abs are simply not designed to fold, their main function is opposite to that, is anti-folding or your torse, and stiffen to protect your internal organs, the only usually called abs workout that works in a meaningful way, are the ones training in isometric load, the dragon flags, the hollowbody holds, or on entry level planches.
Exercise 2 is legit
Great content.
can you make a video on Tricep tendonitis and tendinopathy? It will be more useful to the viewers as there are no good videos on this topic.
again, very informative video! i was wondering, do you have any knowledge about als most a full spinal fusion and how this can affect how your core works?
because of a severe scoliosis i had surgery when i was younger. i’m wondering if my core actively stabilizes when doing these kinds of workouts (or if it can be lazy since my spine had been ‘fused together’).
Great video SQUAT UNIVERSITY! My favorite exercise discussed in this video is the single arm KB press. I implement these for myself and all my patients to develop core stability and upper body strength! This is definitely a staple of mine which I believe can be a valuable tool for many healthy aging adults wanting to maintain their upper body strength! It always amazes me how challenging pressing weight overhead can be on your breathing mechanics as well! Thanks for posting this one!
Love you man, but respectfully, I skipped doing situps for years for hardcore exercises like these, just to realize I was NOT able anymore to do ONE situp from the ground up. I felt really stupid.
Functional exercises are IMPORTANT ! I'm doing them again and it feels great.
That's cause youre weak in general
Please make a video about the Tibiofibular joint (PTFJ) pain which is often mis-diagnosed as a lateral knee pain, and please provide solutions for this pain as I found the subject appears to be missing from your channel! Thanks again for all the great content!
I really like your channel. i can understand why your approach is better for lifting stability, but i can tell you as one who practice thai boxing for a lot of years, that my ability to take shots and preduce power in both kicks/knees/punches is very dependent on core contraction and rotation, not only stability.
Everygotdamn, Dre!
72 years old - got dumbbells, not kettlebells. Seems kind of late to invest in kb. Think I can same effect with dbs?
I agree with this video from personal experience. Abs for the longest don't show any visible changes on me, even with a stringent diet, although I feel the impact of course. I have to incorporate other core and strength training to see the results. Thank you.
Can you evenly still work it by holding kettlebell in center (while keeping it close to sins/thighs)?
Hello! Thanks for the video! I am genuinely considering your advice. May I ask what you think of planks for core centric exercises? Including the standard, forearm and side planks?
Great exercise
@@SquatUniversity thank you very much!
What are your thoughts on doing the kickstand RDL(or deadlift) but contralateral? I like doing the suitcase personally.
what day should you program this intro? should you do this as a warm up or do on specific days?
When performing an exercise that involves only one kettlebell, should we do them for both sides?
@SquatUniversity can you do a updated remake of the kettlebell weight shift video
That's all I needed to hear! 🙃🤣
I've got only 16kg Kettlebell and it is too much for me in OH-press, but I can do Jerks with proper technique. Is it a big difference in case of working on core?
Kettlebells for the win!
@Squat University, I need your expertise! After a shoulder subluxation 6 years ago, my right chest won't activate properly during workouts. My left side is thriving, but the right side stays weak and unresponsive. Could it be my serratus, lower traps, or subscapularis? Tight upper traps might be involved too. Every chest session leaves my back sore from trying to retract my shoulder blades. My right chest barely gets any stimulus though. I'm desperate for a solution - could you make a video on this? Your guidance could change my life. Thanks!
I for sure always disliked bodyweight ab workouts like situps, planks and whatnot. Initially I was too weak and mangled to do them properly so I mostly just struggled through them and perhaps had slight pain accompanied, surely didn't feel stiff or strong or powerful or that they were hitting the correct places. Mostly just fell apart in technique. Now they're just intolerable cardio and waiting for the burn forever. I'd much rather squeeze hard in some relatively heavy reps with alternatives. Not even kidding when I learned bracing and did some bracing during squats and deadlifts, I got more gains than in years of those situps and other core exercises. With much less discomfort. Then I tried all the kettlebell core exercises like carrying it upside down arm raised up in right angle and other ones by Squat University and had even more success and enjoyed the training that felt effective.
The only exception was judo warmup exercise where you sort rock back and forth on your back, legs lifted in right angle and arms off the ground, shuffling sideways from one end of the tatami to the other end. It sort of has lower abs squeeze from legs rocking and twisting and upper abs squeeze from shoulders/arms rocking and twisting, and it has rotation from twisting to shuffle sideways over the mat, and everything in your body is also working in unison while doing this to get the correct direction of movement without starting to spin in place. That one still feels very effective after a good while and it's also fun to perform. It has the benefit of really strong feedback for if you're doing it right. The beauty is that it's self-correcting, because if you're not moving or if you're spinning, your timing and forces aren't in check and you quite naturally adjust. And it has that sense of progress and doing something meaningful, not just trying to exhaust yourself; no matter how fast or intensely you're doing it, you'll travel from A to B by doing the exercise and that's the goal. And you'll definitely notice that you worked the right parts after finishing.
Depends on the core/ab exercises you do. And there are people with back injuries who need isolated core/ab exercises to tighten muscles. They cannot lift weights. Also, I workout to KayKay fitness. She does core/ab exercises, but she also adds power moves to get the heart rate up. You cannot tell me she is doing things wrong. Her body says otherwise.
Thanks for all the info. Could you please help with more info on hip rotation exercises? I feel that my left leg is shorter and read it more about a one sided hip rotational drop issue more than a shorter leg that can be corrected through exercise. Please help.
Dude your content production strategy is insane. This should be called creator university.
For an off-balanced deadlift, I hold the barbell on one side where the weights insert. It achieves the same thing as the kettlebell deadlift
Really wish I knew where you were located. My muscle that run down the left side of my spine and my left scapula do not engage. Doctors cannot figure it out here.
I would literally love to hear what you think about this.
I have injured hand and can't hold anything in my hand (if I have to grip it), so how would I exercise my abs ? I was thinking planks, but are there any other exercises that don't involve gripping something ?
That skeleton bending over wrong with the back exploding cracks me up every time. 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
so.....if I had left back pain/sore, I should train my right core stability? is that correct?
But do you think doing sit ups is not a good idea? Is it save doing them, long term?
Do you have any recommendations to fix diastasis recti so my spine is supported and my scoliosis is not causing pain anymore?
I know you probably won't see this comment of mine but I want to thank you for the information you share, I am grateful and I respect you, thank you!
Hii can you make a video on FHL and all related calf and ankle injuries and exercises for rehab and strengthening please....Love from India
I want to know if there is any connection about hernia and core activation. For example wrong posture or wrong technique
can you please also tell the difference between using regular barbell and Hex barbell
make a video on shoulder full mobility
I just read the title and validated my life
There wasn’t the video pic/link where you pointed at the end. 🤷🏻♀️
It's up there now.
Where is the video that was supposed to be press-able at the very end? Can you please upload it to the description?
I love stability but as a grappling athlete ab exercises for sure help but stability is what allows me to have such a strong core cause without that super strong stability not only will injuries happen in my lower back often but as well as less overall power output in weird positions since in not stable in weird stretched positions
I do weights like overheads and deadlifts but I also do ab targeted workouts to strengthen my core for the deadlifts and such. Am I really wasting my time?
All the cleverly played shorts got me here.
Just in time
Can you use a rum jug?
Hi, can you make a video on hip strain? you have a lot of videos on hip inpingment already :)
🤔 how’s this core isolation excercises different from the one which he just mentioned earlier ?
I love doing crunches and sit ups. I don't care much about aesthetics but i am more interested in being healthy and strong. Of course i care about what i look like, but that is not what the purpose of exercise is for me. For me it is about feeling good and strong. I have been interested in doing these lifts in the videos more and more but I have no personal trainer and i am scared of hurting myself.
You will rather hurt yourself when you won't do exercise like this. You do not need huge amounts of weights to benefit from these movements. I have severe back issues.. and would be bedridden without them.
@@Claire-cj6nn I agree. I need to start doing those lifts. Everyone should. But to start i feel like i need a personal to help me with proper form. I am scared of hurting myself if i do these without someone correcting me.
There is nothing wrong with crunches if they are part of a well balanced overall workout. If your goal is to just look slim with slight abs then you don't need that exercise. But if your goal is to be able to move your body in many different positions then dynamic core exercises should be part of your training.
@@PeterLE2 ok thank you for the input. Dynamic core exercises is what i need to search.
A military sit... IF DONE CORRECTLY is actually an awesome functional core exercise. However the military sit up is an extremly advanced movement.
I had added the McGill Big Three 2-3 x a week a month ago.... But I guess I'll drop that now....
yoo a new vid on scapular winging???
Yup, legs up when I do pull ups, good ab workout
the kettlebell guy is awesome
He the real MVP
Thank you for this discovery. No more sit ups, I could shed a tear.
Can someone explain if there is a difference between a strong core and a stable core? I thought they were the same?
This is def not a video for noobs or people with poor technique. It’s asking you to do a compound movement to workout your abs. But if you have poor mind body connection this will not work. Most people fail when bracing on lifts and just ego lift to the max. Keep doing your core workout and develop that mind body connection. Eventually you can bridge to this advanced form. But under load that’s just not how it works. You’re essentially just trying to get thru the lift. And doing this does equal a flat stomach you still need to diet.
Does bulgarian squat works the core too
I think everyone should start with stability core exercises and once they reach a good level of core stability then they should move onto to hypertophy Ab exercises to reduce injury and increase longevity
Just do both...
The skeleton scene with the back explosion made me lmao - so hilariously out of place
thx for this. I'll share with my young nephew.
Can I suggest you communicate with your pal using his name? Makes for a more inclusive video. cheers.
Imma have rent a room at the gym, so many good exercises to add. Not enough time hahah
I dont see the point in standard deadlifts unless your a powerlifter. Rack pulls for upper body days n single leg rdl for lower body days
I agree. I feel like the risk of injury with the deadliff offsets any benefit for most people lifting for health
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We need a riostwin colab
How do you do these with bad knees 😢
These are for core strength. Abs workouts are still useful if you want isolated definitions. Ofcourse if you don't want the aesthetic aspect, no need to bother.
Thanks I needed this because I'm skinny fat lol. can you do videos for skinny fat people?
😂😂😂 facts.
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Yea, would like to see you pull of a front lever, or a dragon flag, by only doing theese core stability workouts
Precisely. This video is BS. To be good at a movement you have to practice it. With just these exercises you'll never be able to do hard complex movements like front lever or hard bouldering
Just do snatches 😂
So much more benefit with these excercises rather than isolated abs!
Listen to this guy hes a genuis!!!
Do you know you can be me if done correctly?
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