| Extreme is one way I used to be without even | | | | and blissful ignorance does not help. I had great abs |
| knowing it. | | | | and a lot of kicking stamina only in one direction and |
| Ignorance was a bliss. | | | | my punches were weak and I couldn't do even 20 |
| I had a one and half foot wide by six feet tall board | | | | pushups. |
| with a strap at the end of it to hold me ankles. I did | | | | This is where the science of exercise enters the |
| not know anything about biomechanics, muscle | | | | picture. To get great abs at home or at the gym, |
| physiology, angle of force. Come to think of it, I did | | | | you need to think about working your core. These |
| not know much about anything. As I said, ignorance | | | | are all the muscles around your midsection that |
| was a bliss. | | | | connect your lower body to your upper body. And |
| What I did know was that I was told by someone I | | | | you need to do the exercises with correct angle of |
| trusted that to get six pack abs, I needed to do | | | | force. I leave the angle of force for another article. |
| 1,000, you read it right, that is three zeros in front of | | | | Once you learn about the angle of force you will not |
| the one, one thousand sit ups on that board in an | | | | waste time with dozens of so called "ab exercises." |
| inclined position. Well, if that is not extreme, you add | | | | A partially complete core workout includes supine |
| "per day" and you get the picture. My ab routine was | | | | (lying face up) exercises like crunches, prone |
| simple. One thousand inclined sit ups per day. I don't | | | | exercises (lying face down) like superwoman, side |
| get too much into the pain. I leave that to your | | | | exercises like side-planks. |
| imagination. | | | | The time you are after is about one and half minutes |
| I started with four sets of twenty five and build to | | | | under tension. Time under tension is different than |
| sets of one hundred, until I could do 1,000 in a row. I | | | | the time you spend on an exercise. For example in a |
| did get great abs and as a side benefit, I noticed that | | | | side plank as long as you hold the plank position |
| I could kick forever in my Tae-Kwon-Do classes. | | | | without sagging, all that time is considered time under |
| That 1,000 sit ups in a row build extremely strong hip | | | | tension. |
| flexors for me. These are the muscles that help you | | | | On the other hand, in a crunch, the time under |
| bend at the hips and help you with speed and | | | | tension is when your shoulder blade is off the floor |
| stamina in continuous kicking actions. | | | | as long as you do not go on your hip bone. Lowering |
| You are looking for great ab workouts at home? | | | | your shoulder blade to the floor or getting up high |
| One way to do it is to get a simple exercise like a | | | | enough that you are on your sit-bone is actually |
| crunch and sit up and go to extreme with them. | | | | considered rest. |
| Forget 3 sets of 12 or 4 sets of 20. Go for four or | | | | Why about one and half minute? Well, to be a |
| five hundred. I guarantee that it will work. | | | | shameless promoter, I tell you that I keep some |
| But then, do you have the time for that? What | | | | secrets for our members only. |
| about your other body parts? What about muscle | | | | The complete core workout has fifteen elements. |
| imbalance? | | | | You can visit for more details. |
| This is where pure enthusiasm, shear power of will | | | | |