The 5 Top Ab Workouts I've Ever Done

What i'm doing here is giving you 5 ab workouts of varying difficulty that serve different purposes, give them a try and let me know how they work for you.

Workout 1 - The quintuple set
3 sets - reps to failure - 30 seconds rest between each set - treat as superset, no rest between exercises

1. Hanging leg raises
2. Cable crunches
3. Russian twists
4. Lying leg raises
5. Core ball crunch 

I pretty much just stole that from Steve Cook, but its cool and you do feel it, however its not so hard as to really feel it the next day or so on. Really good for abdominal muscular endurance. 

Workout 2 - The Supersets

Superset one - 3 sets - failure & 12 reps each side

Straight leg pullups & cable side crunches

Superset two - 3 sets - 16-20reps & 10 reps

Decline oblique situps & rollouts 

Leg raises - 1 bent knee, 1 straight leg = 1 rep - 3 sets - 15 reps 

Workout 3 - The Flashy

Windscreen wipers - 3 sets - Reps to failure

Hanging leg raises - Straight leg - 3 sets - Reps to failure

Core ball plank - 3 sets - Failure - 30 seconds rest

Workout 4 - Functional 1

Partner Leg throws - 21 reps - 3 sets - swap and no rest 

Plank tri-set - 2 sets - 30 seconds rest

Side plank - Failure

Centre plank - Failure 

Other side plank - Failure

Workout 5 - Functional 2 

Partner core ball & oblique situps - 

One rep = 1 oblique sit up each side, one full sit up & one sit up with core ball passed from partner

3 sets - 10 reps

Plank - Vibration plate & weighted

3 sets - Failure - 30 seconds rest

Hope you find them quick, difficult and useful, good luck giving them a try and let me know how you get on!!

Jordan Mason

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