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2 Overlooked Exercises You Should Do For A Shredded Six Pack

by Jacob Ladon Published on Aug 9, 2022

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The Six-Pack, The Holy Grail of Fitness…

No matter how hard you work it’s safe to say most of us in the fitness world never feel quite complete without that six-pack. Sure maybe you’ve hit your lifting goals or maybe you’re on top of your cardio, but you still want that carved mid-section. When you’re playing shirts vs. skins and one of your buddies unveils a golden six-pack of abs that can be seen from every angle, there’s a pang of awe and jealousy that shoots through you. We’ve all been there. Well bathe in envious despair no more!  We’re going to show you two simple exercises that you either forgot about or overlooked while in the gym.

We’re sure most of you have heard the term “Abs are made in the kitchen”, and that’s partly true. You can build as much muscle as you want but unless your nutrition game is on point seeing those muscular squares of goodness will stay hidden. But we’re going to assume you’ve read our intermittent fasting, and get right into it. We hope you’re taking notes – read on for two exercises you should not ignore for a killer six pack.

Get on your knees

Yes, the rope pull down is an exercise I literally forgot about until the other day at the gym. After some powerlifting I wanted to do a little sculpting to change up my routine. While wondering around the mirror I saw someone doing lat pulldowns, I knew I didn’t want to do that. So I figured I’d practice my baseball swing on the machine with a lower weight and hit my abs in the process. I felt it, but not in the way I wanted to. Then “ding” the light bulb went off. I got on my knees and did some skull-crusher crunches and boy have I never felt better.

The basic of the exercise is displayed in the picture above. Get on your knees, keep your hands close to your head and try to concentrate on using your abs. If you want to get freaky with it try touching opposite elbow to opposite knee to work on your obliques. You can change up the range of motion to hit your abs from all different angles. You can even change the attachment and use the straight bar from behind the head. This exercise gives you that good burn and you’ll see the results almost immediately. I did.

Gymnast Rejoice

Best known as the L-sit, this exercise is an oldie but goodie for gymnast and laymen alike. The beauty of the L-sit is it’s simpleness and practicality, it can be done damn near anywhere. No dip bars? Don’t despair, you can use anything from a bench, to chairs, to yoga blocks. The basics of this exercise is to sit down and push against a surface below you keeping your legs straight out in front of you, in turn holding your legs up using your abs. This will give your body an L shape and should shred your abs.

Now if you’re not use to this you might have trouble achieving full leg extension in the beginning so might want to start of with your legs tucked as displayed in the video above. When you do get to full leg extension we recommend sets of 30 to 60 seconds starting off in a 5-10 second reps. Meaning hold for 5-10 seconds then release, then go again until it adds up to 30 seconds, then 60. When you can do it straight for 60 seconds then you can either go for multiple sets or extend your sets even longer. Get creative with it. Rules are made to be broken!

So let us know what you think. Did these exercises help? Are there better alternatives on the ones we’ve mentioned? You should also focus on a fat burning supplement to help trim fat and support your workout regimen. Feel free to leave your comments below or hit us up on our official Facebook and Twitter.

About Jacob Ladon

Jacob Ladon is a staff writer and former amateur bodybuilder. He has been passionate about bodybuilding since he was 15 years old and discovered the joys of training in the gym. He reports and comments on all bodybuilding related matters.

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