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Tinnuk Posts: 291 Joined: 2005/12/19	2007/11/28, 08:31 PM I know they're used in just about every exercise but I'm having some trouble finding something that targets them specifically but has the necessary intensity. I closest I've found to this is hanging leg raises, but I can still pull off alot of those...
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/11/28, 08:32 PM You can adjust intensity pretty easily with standing ab crunches on a pulldown station, front planks, and decline crunches. Just use weight. -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Blood Guts Sweat Chalk
Tinnuk Posts: 291 Joined: 2005/12/19	2007/11/28, 08:37 PM I did think of the weighted decline sit ups, but I was having some trouble finding a decline or adjustable bench. I'll see if I can find some boxes to stack under it.
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2007/11/28, 11:53 PM Oh the planks... been torturing me... Also, the russian ballet leg thrust is pretty nice. Lie on a bench, grasping it above your head with both arms, and let about half your butt be "hanging" off. Bring your knees to your chest and thrust your legs forward, catch them at the bottom, and bring them back up while keeping them straight. -------------- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/11/28, 11:56 PM Pavel's "Bullet Proof Abs" gives some decent alternative exercises if you can get your hands on it. -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Blood Guts Sweat Chalk
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2007/11/29, 11:17 AM That's where I got the ballet leg thrust...:big_smile: -------------- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/11/29, 11:38 AM Which is why the ballet leg thrust made me think of the rest of the book... -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Blood Guts Sweat Chalk