Some of the best
upper abdominal exercises are stability ball crunches, sit ups, and incline crunches.
Not exact matches
This
exercise strengthens the
upper abdominals.
The majority of the isolation
exercises for abs engage the
upper and middle parts of the
abdominal muscles.
The bench press works the
upper body in an intense way,
exercising pectorals, triceps, shoulders, hand flexors, and
abdominals.
Burpees get the heart rate up and leads into 3 squat and lunge leg
exercises, followed by 3 abs
exercises, which target all
abdominal muscles, hitting the
upper, lower and inner abs.
If you are however someone who likes to train their full
abdominal area in one go just pick the same amount of
exercises for you
upper, lower and side abs and get to work.
Ab bicycles are a combination
abdominal exercise that works the
upper and lower abs, as well as secondarily the obliques.
P.S. Remember, when you pick up this book, you'll get 77
exercises covering EVERY aspect of your midsection...
upper abs, lower abs, obliques and total
abdominal exercises..
The added benefit of doing «lower
abdominal exercises» is that they also work your
upper abs, so you won't be neglecting either region if you incorporate lower ab
exercises into your training.
Take time to focus on things that you may not normally focus on, like increasing your
upper body strength through seated free - weight
exercises, push - ups on your knees, or
abdominal - strengthening
exercises.
A power tower is an
exercise tool that allows you to build your
abdominal, lower, and
upper body muscles.
Break up your weight training each day as follows: a day each of
upper body,
abdominal, and lower body
exercises.
Upper ab
exercises emphasize the
upper part of the rectus abdominus, but all of the
abdominal muscles will work together.
Always train your abs as One unit and this means you need to add
exercises for
upper exercises like crunches and a lot more as discussed in the
upper abdominal training section.
The deadlift is one of the most fundamental bodybuilding
exercises due to the fact that it requires recruitment from the
upper and lower back, hamstrings, glutes,
abdominals, quads and even the rotator cuff.
Nonetheless, it appears that isometric core
exercises such as the plank, as well as dynamic
abdominal exercises such as the straight - leg sit up, produce greater rectus abdominis muscle activity than many
upper body and lower body compound
exercises.