Jay Cutler urges gym goers to not forget about ab training.
Jay Cutler focused on building the best physique possible during his career and that includes hitting some body parts that are sometimes forgotten about. Recently, Cutler urged gym goers to not neglect one of the most “undertrained body parts” and that is abs.
Cutler admitted to training abs at least every other day during his career. This led to completing a package that was able to win four Olympia titles. Even in retirement, Cutler has focused on maintaining a shredded build and he has done so in his midsection.
“So the most undertrained and overlooked body part is going to be your ab training.”
Cutler continued to discuss the benefits of training abs along with the best exercises to hit the area the hardest.
Jay Cutler Talks Ab Training: “Do Not Neglect”
Jay Cutler took YouTube to share some more wisdom on how to build the best possible physique.
“Everybody knows I was crazy about my ab training. I always did abs at least every other day, especially training for a competition.”
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When training for a show, Jay Cutler would focus on abs and spoke on how it would play into posing on stage.
“A lot of the posing is going to come into play when your show off your abs and of course, your definition has to be on point, right? Your body fat needs to be 6-8% or below to show ab definition.”
The three major exercises that Cutler likes to focus on is the hanging leg raise, machine, crunch, and rope crunch. When performing these, it is not about added weight but more reps to exhaust the area.
“Ideally I like to do three exercises for my ab training. The hanging leg raise. Some sort of a crunch, a rope crunch or a machine crunch. Anything that rally stimulates the abs, focus on repetitions like 15-20.”
Cutler focused on his diet and adding cardio leading up to his “Fit-for-50” transformation. He did two sessions of cardio per day while upping his fasted cardio time. Cutler has been open about his bodybuilding journey, including discussing his steroid cycle. Now mind you, he insists he isn’t returning to actively competing, but he recently started a challenge to transform his physique for turning 50. Now, it will be interesting to see what his plan is moving forward.
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