Need more cutting edge ab exercises to carve out that 6 pack?
There is no doubt, there are a lot of ab exercises that you can do to try and develop 6 pack abs as quickly as possible. That said, there are only a handful of them that can actually be called the best ab exercises! In this video I show you a new ab exercise that you can drop into your next ab workout to get an entirely new challenge.
It can be considered a lower ab exercise, midrange abs targeter, and even a stability challenge. In fact, this is one of the best abs exercises that I know for challenging all of these at once.
You see, exercises for the abs need to be more than just crunches. In order to fully develop the abdominals you have to incorporate resisted rotation and bottom up rotation (as shown in this video). If you don’t include this type of focus in your ab exercises you are leaving a lot of possible progress on the table.
The pendulum plank exercise that I show you here is certainly unique and cutting edge. It takes traditional planks to a whole new level of pain. Forget needing a ball for this ab exercise, in fact you can do this with just a couple of benches, a band and either a kettlebell, dumbbell or plate as I demonstrate.
The key is to get the momentum of the plate swinging left to right and then have to control your pelvis so it doesn’t swing with it. As with any ab exercise however, you have to be conscious of actually making the abs contract! Don’t just fake your way through a set. Actively try and focus the effort through the abs and this home ab exercise will become one of the best in your ab arsenal in no time.
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44 comments
You've been tanning? Looking solid
you're the best, jeff.
I work in a bakery factory and I use it for a work out
if you took weights a picking them up from the top mid to floor twisting back to put them on a table could you get a good ab work out from that,
my job is to turn 12 hours to 10 🙂 fast and hard ha ha ha
very innovative…awesome
I used to get a buddy to kick my torso from side to side to provide that resistance, it's actually a really good variation but it's great to see that similar results can be attained with just a band and weight! Cheers
You have phenomenal videos and information, I am a paramedic and vol fire fighter and try to apply your techniques to my workouts. Especially my home gym setup using bands and many body weight workouts. Keep up the good work and continue to promote FUNCTIONAL exercises! Thanks!
SICK ASS workout jeff!
13 people are jealous that they'll never have such a great body
anyone noticed that jeff has a tan finally lol
but lets say i do cardio then after i am done i do crunches,is it good??
yes, nothing's wrong with that.
i have another question,how do you get the side of the abs and middle abs to show?
Oh wow! Definitely gonna run it through a 2nd time before AX2. Goal 2nd time through is to score elite or better come challenge week.
Can you do a video for lower back training?
yeah i know i'm natural too. I think it's super hard for natties to gain any noticeable size in abs, all we can do is strength-train it 🙂
How old are you?
Amazing as always
Suddenly David Schwimmer.
superman-pushups & human flags in straight form would do the job better and they are also harder than this.
SO freaking true …..
Pimp in I like this video just cuz you got a tan, all your videos get liked anyway.
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okk I´d never come up w this exercise by myself! nice
Rob Riches helped me gain size and weight(5'7"@144-151lbs in 2mos.and still gaining).This man will help me define all that I have gained.How perfect the bodybuilding world can be.Thanks to both of you.
"Watch the rebound guys"
Is there a diet that goes along with these videos? I'm kind of new to this page.
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I've tried the mentioned exercises here and some of them work really well. The planks with weight is really good. Thanks for sharing.
I would love to be able to do this exercise. However, it will take a while to recover from a second lumbar spine surgery. Any suggestions?
Somebody please donate a shirt to this poor guy
I gotta try this. This has gotta be the coolest ab exercise I've ever seen.
Looks tough and original exercise. Like that. Gonna try later today at the gym!!
If one doesnt already have a muscular base then yes you are correct. Hopefully no noobs will do this.
I was thinking WTF! Then you finally got into the plank and it made sense. Looks really interesting! 🙂
This looks hard
i am using your app athlean-x = the six pack promise
Awesome idea
your chest got bigger!
Jeff im a big fan ,watched almost all ur videos
I have a question can u do a video showing the right exercises and tips for doing the human flag?
I am addict to these videos :O
OUSKAR FOR THIS AN EXERCISE
Yes this will look totally cool in the gym!
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