Sentences with phrase «weighted cable crunches»

Not exact matches

Well, not unless they are done in a certain way, in which they can engage the entire abdominal wall and fully stretch it, thus putting a great deal of tension on the lower abs with weighted reps.. This exercise is a variation on the standard rope crunches, this time using a D - handle instead of the rope on the cable machine.

Sample Exercise Setup: Chest — 3 exercises, 1 incline, 1 flat and 1 decline Back — 4 exercises, 1 wide chin up or latt pull, 1 row, 1 pulley or machine row, Deads or pullovers (alternate between these two) Delts — 3 exercises, overhead press, side laterals, bent laterals Triceps — 3 exercises, overhead tricep extension with bar or dumbbell, cable pressdown, machine dip Biceps — 3 exercises, preacher curl, barbell or dumbbell curl, cable curl Quads — 3 exercises, press of some kind, extension, hack or press or squat of some kind Hams — 1 exercise, leg curl Calves — 3 exercises, standing calf raise, bent lower back calf raise (like donkey calf raises where your upper body and lower body are in an «L» shape), seated calf raises Abs - 3 exercises, weighted machine crunch, hanging leg lifts, cable reverse crunches Traps — 1 exercise, shrugs

Go for cable crunches, weighted sit - ups, or leg raises with weight.

Quads: squat (or leg press), leg extension Leg bi: leg curl on 2 different machines calves: standing calf raise, seated calf raise Chest: bench press, cable flyes back: bent over row, pulldown traps: barbell shrugs * shoulders: behind neck press, side lateral bis: barbel curl, one arm dumbell curl on preacher bench tris: lying tricep extension, cable pushdown fores: hammer curls, behind the back standing wrist curls abs: weighted crunches, cable side crunches

Thus, if you get 12 or 15 reps of cable crunches, increase the weight on the stack (most go up by 10 pounds), and work with that new weight until you can crunch it for 12 to 15 reps, move up again, and so forth.

Since I already have a good amount of bodyweight work done (was a few years ago though), perhaps I could get away with just doing machine / cable crunch, machine oblique, and weighted captains (at least for now)?

My favorites are the cable crunch, captain's chair leg raise (with weight added), and hanging leg raise (ditto).

Be sure to watch this cable crunch technique video, as this weighted ab exercise is often done wrong.

FIRST incline press using thick bar 1 x 8 - 10 incline dumbbell flye 1 x 15 - 20 incline press using thick bar 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 flat bench dumbbell flye 1 x 15 - 20 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 front pulldown or chin 1 x 8 - 10 stiff - arm pulldown 1 x 15 - 20 front pulldown or chin 1 x 8 - 10 one dumbbell pullover drop set of 3 x 8 close - grip bench press 1 x 8 - 10 pushdown with rope handle 1 x 15 - 20 close - grip bench press 1 x 8 - 10 seated overhead (one - arm) extension drop set 3 x 8 incline or hanging kneeups 1 x 8 - 10 ab - bench crunch 1 x 15 - 20 incline or hanging kneeups 1 x 8 - 10 SECOND [2] dumbbell upright row 1 x 8 - 10 standing forward - lean lateral raise 1 x 15 - 20 [2] dumbbell upright row 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell (two - arm) press drop set 3 x 8 incline one - arm dumbbell lateral 1 x 8 bent - over dumbbell lateral drop set 3 x 8 dumbbell (two - arm) row on high bench 1 x 8 - 10 seated bent - arm bent - over dumbbell lateral 1 x 15 - 20 dumbbell (two - arm) row on high bench 1 x 8 - 10 one - arm dumbbell row 1 x 8 - 10 barbell shrug [wrist straps or hooks are fine] 1 x 15 - 20 standing dumbbell curl w arm - blaster 1 x 8 - 10 spider curl with E-Z curl bar 1 x 15 - 20 cable curl with straight bar 1 x 8 - 10 incline (two - arm) curl drop set 3 x 8 incline (two - arm) hammer curl drop set 3 x 8 rotator cuff with ShoulderHorn and dumbbells 1 x 8 - 10 hang from chinning bar'til failure THIRD front squat 1 x 6 - 8 leg extension 1 x 15 - 20 front squat 1 x 6 - 8 sissy squat 1 x 8 - 10 supine leg curl 1 x 15 - 20 leg press on angled leg press 1 x 8 - 10 stiff - legged deadlift 1 x 8 - 10 immediately followed by back extension 1 x 30 - 50 (no weight) 5 minute rest leg press calf raise 1 x 20 leg press calf raise 1 x 15 standing calf raise 1 x 12 - 15 seated calf raise 1 x 12 - 15 D.A.R.D raise 1 x 8 - 10 4 - way neck work with towel — 1 15 - second rep for each of the 4 ways TIPS for using this program in your weight lifting routines:

A: breathing squat 1 x 20 immediately followed by stiff - arm pullover 1 x 20 5 minutes rest good morning 2 x 8 incline bench press using thick bar 3 x 5 seated cable row using shoulder - width bar 3 x 7 close - grip bench press using reverse grip 3 x 7 hang from chinning bar until failure gripper work B: trap - bar deadlift 3 x 5 trap - bar deadlift for four progressively heavy singles 5 minute rest seated overhead press using thick bar (in front) 3 x 5 - 7 standing biceps curl with straight bar and narrow grip 3 x 8 - 10 seated alternate hammer curl 2 x 8 - 10 thick bar hold with overhand grip: twice to failure (20 to 40 seconds each) weighted crunch using ab - mat or ab - bench 1 x 20 - 25 Notice that you are no longer limited to the exercises in the McRobert books.