Ab Wheel is for wimps!
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Ab wheel is probably for beginners that never have worked out before or do not have any core strength yet. I should try it myself and see if its easy or not. I have done a roll out on the stability ball before and its pretty tough.
I've never used one personally. I prefer weighted hanging leg raises, a 3-way no rest weighted "keep tension" crunch set (side and front), Knee ups, self made weighted cable crunch (just recently finished making this on my own), And, a indirect ab work from Squats, Deads, GM's.
And I do plate weight cardio on a bike with russian twists at the same time and some times add in DB side bends.
Just a few examples.
Best wishes,
Chillen
And I do plate weight cardio on a bike with russian twists at the same time and some times add in DB side bends.
Just a few examples.
Best wishes,
Chillen
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Hands on the floor and feet on the ab wheel.
Haha yes please report back after you do it.
No one should critisize the ab roller until they've tried it. And even then, until they've tried the hardcore style.
They make ab rollers with feet inserts. If you can do reps holding a roller, with your feet in a roller, starting on your "feet", wearing a weighted vest, I will bow to you as Sifu.
They make ab rollers with feet inserts. If you can do reps holding a roller, with your feet in a roller, starting on your "feet", wearing a weighted vest, I will bow to you as Sifu.
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I have a question. Instead of buying an ab wheel, why wouldnt a dumbell work just as good?
For example, an olympic style DB, with two olympic style 5 lb (or 10lb) plates (one on each side), and use a stemless collar. One could place the hands on the exposed outside portion of the DB and perform various ab rolling exercises, no? Would this work? Why pay the 10 or so bucks when one could do this?
For example, an olympic style DB, with two olympic style 5 lb (or 10lb) plates (one on each side), and use a stemless collar. One could place the hands on the exposed outside portion of the DB and perform various ab rolling exercises, no? Would this work? Why pay the 10 or so bucks when one could do this?
Very interesting. A short bar (like a curling straight bar) would work then too.
Do you do traditional exercises or have you developed some modifications to intensify the target area? I would be interested in learning what you do.
I don't have some equipment I'd like to have, so sometimes I just improvise. I doubt most of my improvisations intensify muscle contraction, other than using the biggest bar with some big bumper plates at the ends on ab rolls. This is probably a bit harder (I don't know if the difficulty is significant-- never tried a real ab roller) since it takes more effort to stop the movement of the bar and roll it back towards your body. This, folks, is moment of inertia 
Then you'd have to buy the dumbells.
hmmm, on my feet, or feet on the wheel, okee dokee, I will play with it more tonight. Now you got me thinking about it a bit, what about the garage floor, verses the carpet. yeah ok... cool
this is what I was lookin for- some ideas to crack this thick head of mine.
but yer still all wimps.... well- the ones that posted to this thread anyways! ppppfffffttt!
this is what I was lookin for- some ideas to crack this thick head of mine.
but yer still all wimps.... well- the ones that posted to this thread anyways! ppppfffffttt!
I have a pair of olympic DB's (and a SB and LB), this is the reason why I had asked. And, slapping on a pair of small olympic plates would be near the same mechanic make up as the ab wheel. I may give this ago 2morrow (rest day today) and mess around with it and see how it goes. I never actually did the ab wheel exercise during the entire time I have been dieting and fitness training. I am going to do some research on the various ways to perform the exercise, and see if it will have any benefit.
ROCK ON!
Best wishes,
Chillen
Dumbell bench has its place for certain people in development training, no one should tell you differently. Why do you do 100 reps with the ab wheel?
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