Simple Lower Ab Exercises To Help You Get That Six-Pack
Simple Lower Ab Exercises To Help You Get That Six-Pack
A mere 4-pack is never satisfying enough for most guys. Most people have no idea on how to hit the lower abdomens hard enough to gain the coveted six-pack. This is because they are the hardest place to reach with crunches, which are only designed to work on your upper abdomen. To work on the lower abdomen, you have to carry out more specialized lower ab exercises.
One of the greatest exercises for working on your lower abs is the hanging knee raises. This are performed as you are hang which also helps in strengthening your grip muscles. They are carried out by grabbing hold of the pull up bar. You then put your body in a straight position and then lift your legs so that they touch your chest before coming back down again.
The next exercises are the Swiss ball pull-ins. To carry these out, you must have an exercise ball already. Begin by getting into the push up position, but this time, rest your shins on the exercise ball and then you can pull it in using your legs and the push it out. These exercises help a lot in building a complete set of a six-pack abdomen.
The reverse crunches are a different type of powerful lower ab exercises, which do not require any kind of equipment as the two types of exercise described above. You just lie down on the floor and in that position, lift both legs up and then bend your knees to a 90 degrees angle before bringing your knees to touch your chest again. This makes a complete rep. Each of these lower abs exercises requires approximately 2 sets with 12 to 15 reps if you can manage as it can be quite challenging if you have only been performing 50 to 100 abs crunches per day.