10 Best Ab Exercises…that don’t include crunches!
From Men’s Health expert Craig Ballantyne: 10 best ab exercises that you can do without cables, ab crunches, or sit-ups
1. Plank with your arms on the Ball (30% more effective than plain ol’ planks, according to Men’s Health magazine)
2. Ball Rollouts (probably my favorite ball ab exercise)
3. Hanging Knee Raises (classic exercise that most folks do wrong…but if done right, will work your abs safely and
effectively)4. DB Renegade Row (this is the biggest surprise on the list…but it works your lower obliques incredibly hard)
5. Ball Jackknife (always a tough one for beginners to get the hang of…but when they do, they get a lot of six pack ab benefits)
6. Ball Jackknife Rotation (a tougher version of the jackknife)
7. Ball Jackknife-Pushup Combo
8. X-Body Mountain Climber (one of my favorites…so simple yet so effective)
9. X-Body Mountain Climber with Hands on Ball
10. X-Body Mountain Climber with Feet on Ball (an even more effective version of the regular X-Body mountain climber)
I know, you probably haven’t even heard of some of these ab exercises. Don’t worry – you can get all of them in the workout programs at http://budurl.com/ttforabs
Remember, as I’ve cited here several times before, crunches are largely a waste of time for the vast majority of people and can even be dangerous since they put an undue amount of force on your low back lumbar spine (low back).
By the way, that clever Craig is having a “Ballantyne’s Day” sale on his Ab Workouts here:
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Nice post..I think crunches are a waste of time…most of the time there are not even done correctly!