What's up, guys? Jeff Cavaliere, ATHLEANX.COM.
If there's one thing that an MMA fighter must have when they get in the cage, it's strong
abs.
Abs are going to be able to deliver the force behind their punches through every rotation,
they'll also be able to help with the absorption of the blows they're going to take to their
body.
If you don't have strong abs, you might as well tap out right now. So, what I wanted
to do guys was put together a killer ab circuit.
One that's an impact ab circuit, I like to call it, and we're going to use just one thing
that you can pound on.
It could be a stack of couch cushions if you're at home, or it could be a dynamatch ball like
I'm going to show you on, or it could be a stability ball, right.
So, there's going to be 3 exercises. I'll take you through each one, what you're supposed
to do, and how you progress yourself through the workout right now.
Alright, so let's get this impact ab circuit started. As I said, 3 exercises you can use
whatever you're going to use depending upon where you're training.
Here, a Dynamax Ball, so, we have it down here. You're going to Plank in front of the
ball. When you're down here on the ground, what you're going to do is again, MMA guys,
impact.
You're going to take your fist, pound it down on top of the ball. The impact of having to
absorb that and prevent your whole body from caving in from that impact
is where the abs are going to get the additional work beyond just this 3 point plank, alright.
And when you pound, don't just use your hand like this.
That's not going to work your abs that much. What you want to do is get it to the point
where you get your whole trunk parallel to the floor.
You're going to start with 1 on the right, 1 on the left, ok. Then, you're going to crawl
yourself up on top of the ball. Now, we got to drive the elbows.
Again, in that constant plank position. Elbow up, drive it in. Elbow up, drive it in, ok.
Then we come up on top of the ball here. Now, we're going to drive the knee, bam, right
in. And then bam, right in, ok.
Back into the plank again. Now, off the ball. Off the ball, down into the plank. Now we've
got to go 2. You're going to work your way up.
One. Two. One. Two. Come up on top.
One. Two. Here. One. Two. Very difficult to absorb that.
Up on top. Drive the knees. One. Two. Here. One. Two. And back down again.
The idea is to see how high you can climb the ladder before you tap out.
You're going to go 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, in every position until you get as far as you possibly
can.
But what I want you guys to do is leave your tap out score below, alright. Let me know
in the comments.
Guys, we talk about it all the time. If you want to look like an athlete, you've got to
train like an athlete.
Athletes rely on their core, but at ATHLEANX, we don't just bring you creative core workouts,
we bring you creative workouts that work you from your toes to your fingertips, ok.
This is what it's like to train like an athlete. If you haven't already started, head to ATHLEANX.COM
right now and start seeing just what your potential is.
Because when you train like an athlete, you unleash a body that you've never really thought
possible
because you're allowing muscles to train the way they're supposed to train. I say it all
the time.
Head to ATHLEANX.COM right now. In the meantime, leave your comments below. Let me know if
you found this helpful.
And I'll be back here again in just a few days with another workout.