Mo Mendez Abdominal Program

Mo's favorite abdominal exercises

1. Hanging Leg Raises
2. Weight Decline Crunches

When I train abdominals I train to build muscle just like any other muscle group and I perform sets and repetitions. I like to use weighted exercises to hit the two major movements one for upper abdominals and one for lower abdominals. I stay away from any side bends and rotating movements because I don't want to make my waist grow in thickness. I use adjusting my diet and cardiovascular exercise to get as lean as possible.

Many people want to be able to see their abdominal muscles. Most people try and spot reduce fat off of their waist with sit ups doing high repetitons but it doesn't work that way. I recommend training abdominals no more than two times each week with sets and reps.

I like to start with lower abdominal exercises first and be sure not to lower your legs all the way straight - keep the knees bent and in a higher position not to involve the hip flexors. Breath out as you crunch your abdominals and squeeze at the top of the movement. After three or four sets of lower abs I move on to weighted crunches and keep the movement of going back only a few inches and not all the way to the floor - again breath out as crunching down on the abs for three to four sets.

The majority of the time I stay consistant with the same routine the only change I try to do each week is either more add more weight or do more repetions.

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