Best abs exercises !!

[Toadstool Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toadstool]

I go in the stairwell and run up

[ninja_42 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ninja_42]

Oh, ok. I had previously thought that you meant like Jet Li in the movie Cradle to the Grave.
When 'Jet Li decides to scale down a high-rise building by going around the outside and using his hands to hold onto the ledges and then falling onto the next level'.

Still though, I'm pretty sure that has got to be some intense cardio, so props to you.
(luckily not as likely to kill you if you slip)

[Triumphsliding Member Find all posts View Profile Close Triumphsliding]

I like doing strokeskills exercises, there good for ab's and sexual muscle memory.

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

Why not? The purpose of your core is to tense up in order to stabilize your body, so it makes sense to train it that way. When you have a barbell on your back, your core is stabilizing you so you don't fold over on yourself. Keep adding weight to the barbell and your core gets stronger and stronger. The only "direct" core work I ever do is ab wheel rollouts, and once again, the primary mechanism is "bracing" your body. I definitely have a 6 pack, sometimes an 8 pack

It also just depends on what you're eating and body fat %.

I notice the crossfit guys are well developed through the core and this is part of the reason they do overhead squats etc.
I also notice they are thick through the middle given bodyweight and leaness.

[vulcan Retired ModeratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close vulcan]

Recently, I have been doing hanging leg raises - but bringing feet all the way up to hands. I use some momentum but i feel it works well & crucially is something i can stop off & do when training outside.

But as we all know, don't see abs until you get the diet right. I joined a slimming club (laugh if you will) and have lost 1 stone 11lbs in 2 months. For some people, the external peer group thing & having a very prescribed formula for eating is key.

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Recently, I have been doing hanging leg raises - but bringing feet all the way up to hands. I use some momentum but i feel it works well & crucially is something i can stop off & do when training outside.

But as we all know, don't see abs until you get the diet right. I joined a slimming club (laugh if you will) and have lost 1 stone 11lbs in 2 months. For some people, the external peer group thing & having a very prescribed formula for eating is key.

Wow, awesome stuff Vulcan!

[vulcan Retired ModeratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close vulcan]

Thanks

[Padawan787 Moderator ReservePEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Padawan787]

Thanks

New diet or have you been working out more? nearly a stone a month is massive

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

A stone is 14 ib or 6.5 kg approx.

[Padawan787 Moderator ReservePEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Padawan787]

Losing 1.78 stone (1 stone and 11lbs) is nearly a loss of 1 stone per month.

[vulcan Retired ModeratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close vulcan]

The weight loss has really slowed now. I was 16.5 stones & am now 14.5 stones (fractionally over) at 5' 11" - last week I had only lost 1.5lbs for example.

Initially I followed the Slimming World diet to the letter & lost very quickly - 7lbs in my first week (obviously some is water weight) then 5, 4, + 2, etc.

I have probably lost some muscle - but feel athletic again & my joint pain has gone. I will aim for 14 stone & try to maintain. I am also now using intermittent fasting - which is good for the body & brain - I try to do 16/8hrs - So stop eating at 10pm >> start eating again at 1pm or 2pm ,plenty on You tube about it.

Nuff about me

[phallic1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close phallic1]

I've been trying to drop a stone for over a year now......kidney stone.

[arkham Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close arkham]

So I'll again say how I lost 10kg in 4 months. Stop drinking sodas, soft juices. No additional sugar, salt and butter. Only moderate excercisies. Oh and don't eat with your eyes.

[vulcan Retired ModeratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close vulcan]

I've been trying to drop a stone for over a year now......kidney stone.

LOL - actually intermittent fasting is meant to help with that too.

I am surprised that 'Stones' are not used in the US, since you seem to use even more Imperial measurements than we in the UK do - which is funny really.

196 lbs (14 Stone = 14 lbs * 14lbs ) or .....Lbs divided by 2.2 = approx 89 kgs

I am also tracking waist circumference.

[phallic1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close phallic1]

I'm in Canada, we are well versed in all forms of measurement....OK, I'm not sure what a fathom is. or a furlong or how many hands high a horse equals out to, or a nautical mile or......