Hey, what's up Nation? Today
I'm going to show you guys one simple trick to improve your V cut now if you guys want to get
Well-defined abs you have to start doing exercises with added resistance
Bodyweight will only get you so far in terms of building muscle
If you're trying to make it, abs pop and get these lines nice and defined
You need to use resistance in order to build that muscle in the area. Just like any other body part guys
You're not going to get a huge chest just from doing push-ups
you'll eventually have to use weight
Same thing with your abs and so what I'm going to do with you guys today is show you how you can change the style
Of leg lift that you do at the gym
Very easily in order to get more resistance and really start to isolate and target this area
But because we're doing a leg lift that exercise places more emphasis on the lower portion of the rectus abdominis
So you're really working throughout this area making it feel a lot of muscle fiber stimulation
so to perform the leg lift with added resistance [all] you're going to need is a
Resistance band you guys can see area have mine right here
And I know something he hasn't probably done this exercise with a dumbbell
There's a couple differences that's going on here number one when using a resistance band the resistance is going to increase
as you get to the top of the movement and
Decrease as you get to the bottom and that's going to cause instability throughout the exercise
And you're really going to have to focus on controlling this on the way up and on the way down to activate your core
So you're not swinging back and forth now obviously there's a degree of core control when using a dumbbell as well
It's a different way to do the exercise
But the dumbbell it's going to be constant weight on the way up and on the way down
And one thing I do like about this as opposed to doing it with a dumbbell is that you don't have to worry about holding
it between your feet sometimes [when] you're doing it with a dumbbell it can kind of slide forward and backward [or]
Maybe your feet will get tired from holding the dumbbell or your ankles so you can avoid that by doing it with the resistance band
Now I will say when doing it with the resistance band too make [sure] you don't grab a band
That's too thick because the band is too thick
You're not going to have that much give you know what I mean you want to obviously
challenge yourself and use heavy resistance
So what I want you to do is grab [a] few
Bands, so I have one right now, and if that's too easy
Take a lighter band and then tie it around and increase the resistance this way all right?
Don't just get thicker bands because you won't be able to bring your knees all the way up to your chest do the exercise, so
Now that that's out of the [way]. Let's go over how to do the movement
So the first way, I'm going to demonstrate
this is by hanging from the top and
holding myself in the air and
Flexing my core to do it this way obviously going to have grip strength to be able to hang from the bar and you also
Have to have a bit more core control to keep yourself from swaying back and forward now as I do the repetition
I'm going to come up. I'm going to control on the way up
I'm going to hold it for a second at the top of the movement and then after I hold and I squeeze my core as
Hard as I can squeezing my abs
Then I'm going to let my legs down in a controlled manner as well if you guys just bring your legs up and then drop
Them right down right away. You're missing out in like 50% of the exercise
there's no point in even doing the movement because
you're missing out on the best part which is the negative which is when you break down the most muscle fiber and like I said if
You guys want to build blocky abs you have to hit them with resistance. Just like any other muscle group, so
Jump up just like this stabilize yourself
Get a nice tight grip
And then what you're going to do is bring this resistance band up hold it for a second come back down
go up
Hold it for a second
Come back down you guys can see my abs engaging as they come up and as I hold and go back down
Now for those of you who have a hard time holding
Yourself in the air and even if you can hold yourself in you in the air, but you want to focus more on just
Targeting this area and not have to worry about swaying back and forth too much
You can hang by these straps
and when you hang by the straps
You'll have a bit more control over the exercise
I'll show you guys real quick nothing has to change only thing that's changing is now I'm hanging by my elbows come up
Hold for a second
Come back down
Come up
Hold for a sec. Come back down and as you guys can see I'm getting just as much core engagement.
I don't have to worry about swinging back and forth throughout the movement
so
Really great exercise to add to your next ab workout. I suggest doing 3 to 4 sets of 12 to 15 repetitions
Remember, we're adding resistance. So we're trying to hit your abs with more weight
Okay, just like any other muscle group
We want to grow those muscles we want to define that V cut activate this entire area
You don't want to be doing 20 to 30 repetitions you want 12 to 15 3 to 4 sets
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