Advanced Ab Exercise For Ripped Abs
January 8th, 2009In order to achieve the sought after six pack, you must use highly effective ab exercises to sculpt the abdominal musculature. But carving your stomach muscles is only half the story.
To really see your newly developed midsection, you will also have to shed the belly fat that is covering it up. The ab exercise that I’m going to show you now will help you accomplish both of these goals at the same time!
Most commonly performed ab exercises train the muscles in your midsection but do nothing to cause a fat loss effect. I prefer to use ab exercises that cause a fat burning effect, in addition to training the abdominal musculature directly.
I will now show you one great exercise that provides the powerful dual effect mentioned above. The name of the exercise is the Parallel Bar Knee Raise. This is an advanced exercise and does require quite a bit of upper body strength to perform properly. Here is how you should perform it:
Parallel Bar Knee Raise- With straight elbows, support your body on parallel dip bars. Keep your upper body as upright as possible. Flex hips until they make a 90 degree angle. This is the starting position. From this position, bring knees up to chest and contract your abs intensely. Return to starting position and repeat.
Again, this is somewhat of an advanced exercise. Those of you who have trouble doing it should start off by strengthening your abs with a variety of less difficult exercises.
The best ab exercise to prepare you for the Parallel Bar Knee Raise is the progressive reverse crunch. Simply begin in a horizontal position and increase the angle of inclination as your abs become stronger, until you are able to properly perform the parallel bar knee raise.
Alright, good luck, and go get yourself some ripped abs!
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