Celebrity Six Pack Myth #4: It's Best To Train Abs At The End of Your Workout

http://www.actionjacksonfitness.com/ In this video body transformation expert, personal trainer, and fitness model Jackson Bloore shares with you Celebrity Six Pack Myth #4 of a 5 part video series. Myth #4 is that It's Best To Train Abs At The End of Your Workout. This idea started due to the belief that if you fatigue your core then you will most likely injure yourself during your workout when you are doing things like chest presses, shoulder presses, squats, etc. This isn’t a bad premise, but it is somewhat misguided because it causes the majority of people to prioritize below everything else. When you wait until the end of your workout to train abs all the time it is a fact that your ab workouts will suffer for two main reasons: 1) You are mentally and physically exhausted at the end of your workout and therefore do not have the energy or concentration to give your ab workouts the attention and effort they deserve or need in order to build a fantastic set of cover model abs. This results in a half-assed ab workout with long rest intervals, low intensity, and reps with poor technique. 2) You are short on time and therefore skip or rush through your ab routine cutting out sets and reps leading to you again, not giving your ab workouts the time, attention, and effort they need. This results in you being anxious to leave, not focused, and sloppy/fast reps with poor technique. I’m not telling you to start each workout with abs and prioritize them over everything else. No, that would be a mistake too. However, you need to increase their priority or at least get smarter about the way you train them. Try a few of these easily actionable tips: 1) Cut down your regular workout by 8-10 minutes on ab training days. I’m not saying you should cut down the volume, but pack your regular workout into a timeframe that is about 8-min shorter than it currently is. If you normally train with weights for 60-min then cut it down to 52 with a hard stop. If I want to get in a quality ab workout at the end of my training I will have a hard stop at 50-min meaning I will stop my weight training after 50 minutes and transition to my ab training routine for the final 10-min. When I used to train for an hour or more and then attempt to do abs, I’d suffer from a lack of focus and energy myself. 2) Train your abs after your HIIT cardio. Once a week I’ll do a 20-min HIIT cardio session that is split from my weight training. After I finish up my HIIT cardio I’ll take a 5-min rest then do a more comprehensive 20-min ab workout. If you do regular cardio or HIIT you can couple your ab training with these workouts instead of always doing them after your resistance training sessions. 3) Train abs for the first 10-min of your workout. Arnold said he finally developed big calves when he prioritized them by doing them first when working out. Let’s apply that same idea to our abs and take the first 8-10 min of your workout to knock out a quick ab routine with energy and focus. Plus it will be a good warm up. Now, I wouldn’t do this on a day when you are deadlifting or squatting due to the increased risk of injury if your core is fatigued, but you can certainly do this on arm day or even chest day. Try it one or two times a week. 4) Train your abs during their own training session. You can also break out your abs out to their own training session if you live close to the gym and can get there for an additional session without much of inconvenience. I can do this because I spend so much time in the gym with clients but if your schedule doesn’t allow for this then try one of the three tips above. 5) Engage your core during ALL of your exercises. One of the first things I advise clients to do is engage their core more often during exercise. You should be more actively engaging your core during shoulder presses, squats, deadlifts, bent-over rows, etc. Be mindful of this and keep that core engaged. If you are using machines all the time you can forget to do this. Get out of the machines, grab some dumbbells, kettlebells, and barbells instead and let’s build up those abs! When you focus on engaging them more often and flex them more often, they will get more work and thus GROW into the six pack you want. Questions? What other health/fitness issues do you need help with? Leave a comment below. Share This Video With Friends:    • Celebrity Six Pack Myth #4: It's Best To T...