How Do I get My 6 Pack in Philadelphia
How do I get My 6 pack in Philadelphia!(results may vary)
Clients as me all the time what is the best ab exercise. I usually go with the plank! Not only does the plank work your deep core muscles, low back and shoulder muscles, it requires no movement and no equipment.
You could have the World’s Greatest Abs, but if they are hidden under 40 pounds of loosely packed-muscle, more accurately labeled fat, you will never see them until you get your percent of body fat under 10%; or more likely 8%.
Most people cannot sustain 8% or less body fat without strenuous exercise and disciplined restrictive and demanding diet of low calories, no simple carbohydrates and little or no proceed junk food. If you commit to a Spartan Lifestyle, you will find most ab exercises are relatively low intensity compared to other resistance training exercises.
Look at the Percent EMG Maximum Muscle Activation recorded by Dr. Bompa and Dr. Cornacchia:
% EMG MAX Activation
Weighted Crunch: 81%
Ab Bench Crunch 80%
Ab Rocker Crunch 72%
Nautilus Crunch 69%
Pulley Crunch 68%
This list is missing my personal favorite, the Stability Ball Crunch, since most EMG Analysis shows the EMG Activity moving from the Rectus Abdominis to the External and Internal Obliques which “Frame” your 6 pack! Personally, I think if you are trying to build picture perfect Abs, you need to put them in a great frame.
If you follow the FITT Principle, if you increase one of FITT you should make sure the other 3 Factors of FITT remain the same or decrease. Therefore, if you opt to increase Frequency and work your abs everyday, the other 3 remain the same or decrease. Likewise if you increase Intensity by some very tough 15 RM Weighted sets, or increase Time by high volume, Sets/Reps/And or increase numbers of exercises or increase Type with some killer Plyo or Negative Exercises, always decrease the other 3 factors or keep them the same.