Originally Posted by
royal
I'm about to go to the gym with a buddy, got a workout routine, but what do you recommend for back and abs? Gonna do legs/back etc on wednesday and abs everyday
When it comes to training back I used to find it hard because the back is a large area and can be hard to focus on when your shoulder and arms can take over a lot which isn't helpful. If you want some advise on how to focus on your back when lifting, i'd recommend when pulling a weight, pull with your elbow and not your shoulders/biceps and not completely bending your arms in a 90 degree angle because doing that can bring your shoulder and biceps into the work i feel.
Bent over rows is always a good workout, it being 1 handed dumbbell row when you have 1 hand and leg on the bench and the other arm pulling the dumbbell back and your other leg balancing on the floor. You can also do this by having your balancing arm on the dumbbell rack and both legs on the floor in a standing position
(may be complicated when reading this so idk if you'll understand what i mean without showing lol)
I don't train abs anymore and i haven't for 2 years because I didn't see much point, but a good workout for it is the dead-lift by far, considering it relies on your core A LOT and it can strengthen it nicely, but other than that, just generally lifting anything will always include your core since you're always bending over to pick the weight up and lifting upwards making your core tense and work for it.
If you want to train core specifically though, a good workout, especially good since you're going with a friend is to lay down on the floor, put a weight inbetween your feet 2.5kg or 5kg preferably but you can gradually move the weight up, have your friend standing behind your head and you holding his legs for balance or have your arms by your side, doesn't matter and then raise your legs up, slightly bending your knees to add more pressure on your core and your friend take the dumbbell from your legs, you lower your legs down close to the ground (don't touch the ground though) raise again and your friend will put the dumbbell back between your feet and you lower them down, keep doing that for a decent amount of reps and raise the number of reps and weight if its easy. idk if that makes sense but i can explain it better if you need lol
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Last edited by max; Aug 4, 2020 at 03:14 PM.
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