Six Pack Abs
Best Abs Exercise
Are you sick of crunches? If you’re striving for six pack abs, you can change your routine and get better results by adding front squats using a barbell. This high intensity exercise will boost your metabolism and work not only your abs but your entire body.
How to do it:
This exercise is the same as back squats, except that for front squats you place the barbell in front of you on the front of your shoulders (instead of resting the barbell on your upper back like with back squats).
To stabilize the barbell on your shoulders, cross your arms and push your fists into the bar against your shoulders. While doing this, you should keep your elbows out in front of you. Proper form is essential, so a good idea is to find a trainer at your gym who can help you get started doing it correctly.
Combine this with your other abs exercises, and the sets and reps can vary. For example, you could do three or four sets of 8 reps each, or you can do more sets and fewer reps.
Why does it work?
Holding the barbell from your back to in front of you shifts the weight to the front of your body, which demands extreme stabilization strength from your abs. Most of us think of squats as strictly a leg exercise, but you’ll be able to feel this really working on your abs too.
