Advanced ab training tips

Simply doing tons of crunches 5 times a week will get your abs in great shape but is very boring and its best to work the abs with a range of different movements to help create a much better shape.  Below are some tips on how to boost your ab workouts.

• Super slow movements- performing super slow movements will really hit the abs, try doing sit ups counting for 4 seconds on the way down of each rep.
• Weighted sit ups- wearing a weighted vest or by holding a weight plate across your chest will put more pressure on the abs, keep it pressed against your chest don’t throw it forward to help lift you up.
• Incline sit ups- change the angle which you work on to an incline, you can perform leg raises or sit ups on this and it will be much harder.
• Change your ab routine regularly- changing your ab routine regularly will shock the body and prevent it from plateauing.
• Trx, ab roller wheels etc- ab gadgets like these will help put immense pressure on the abs, these cheap gadgets can really boost your ab workout and although many people say you don’t need to spend the money I find they help keep ab workouts from becoming monotonous and they really isolate the abs.
• Combining all the above- once your abs get stronger why not try combining all the above, make up your own ab combinations and push it till you can really feel the abs fatigued e.g. sit ups wearing a weighted vest on an incline bench lowering your self slowly down over 4 seconds during the rep.