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Fairly new to getting fit, I am upping all my lifts consistently, eating a lot of protein after every workout, etc. But I need help here lads. I have a couple questions.
1. Planks: I do two 1-minute planks with a 45lb plate on my lower back; doing this exercise I don't feel my abs ripping at all, I only feel my biceps feeling sore during the exercise. I do them exactly as portrayed in pic related. Is this normal? When I was less fit, years ago, I would feel ripping in my abs when I did planks without additional weight. Advice?
2. What do you think of the ab exercises I do?
>Weighted planks
>Laying on back leg lifts with chain around my ankles
>Suspended leg lifts with chain around ankles
>Inclined weighted situps (I hold a 35 plate on my chest and do three sets of 10)
Any recommendations for more exercises or improvements to the ones I do?
Thanks
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>>42209809
Planks are pretty shit. Just an isometric hold.
Do side planks and bring your knee to your elbow.
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Get an ab wheel, they are great.
but the best by far is kneeling cable crunches in the gym. You will feel that in your abs more than any other exercise if you do it right (keep arms locked in position, don't pull the cable with your arms.)
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planks are only good if you do them with a long lever. the progression is to ab rollouts. ab rollouts are the best ab exercise and has near limitless progression.
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>>42209882
Can you explain why the wheel is good and the plank is bad?
Is it normal that I don't feel any ripping with the plank I described in OP?
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>>42209948
Plank is good with a long lever. It simply doesn't work the abs effectively without it. Ab roller can be seen as a progression of a blank as you contract the muscles using more resistance repeatedly and can be made progressively harder by standing, standing at an angle and weighting.
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