Why Ab Workouts Are A Waste Of Time (DO THIS INSTEAD!)
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Why "Six Pack Ab Workouts" Are A Waste Of Time - In today's video I explain why the typical "10 minute ab workout" routines that you find plastered all over RUclips are ultimately a waste of time if your goal is to lose belly fat and achieve a defined set of six pack abs. It's not that ab TRAINING should be avoided - the problem is this misguided notion that the abs are some sort of "unique" muscle that should be trained in some special way and that you need to be dedicating your time to entire dedicated ab workouts. The abs are a muscle just like any other and so the same basic muscle building principles apply. There's no need to perform endless ab exercises with hundreds of reps at a time, since spot reducing fat isn't possible and the only goal of ab training is to hypertrophy the abdominals in order to make them stand out more visibly. That can be done with just a few basic ab exercises added into you regular training plan and you don't need an entire "six pack ab workout" performed multiple days a week or even every day. The problem though is that so many people are searching for the "best ab workout" or thinking that some gimmicky "flat stomach workout" is going to lean down their midsection in a matter of days, and that's why all these popular channels such as Chloe Ting, Athlean-X, Blogilates, Chris Heria, V-Shred and more are constantly uploading these ab routines to RUclips even though the videos themselves aren't that helpful for the intended goal. Hope you find this video helpful today and if you have any comments in regards to ab training workouts or how to get a six pack then be sure to leave them down below.
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always hate how people say ab crunches are the best way to remove stomach fat or lose weight or get a six pack. when I was 10 or 11 I bought into that shit hard and I can tell you Ab crunches do none of those things by themself. I would easily do hundreds of ab crunches a day and thousands a week you know what I got, not a six pack, permanent damage to my spine.
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No. I do what I want.
ok
Lmao
Ok
lol
True just follow ur mind set
I was told abs were made in the kitchen so I started doing crunches in there.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
How's that going for ya 🤣🤣🤣
Stolen comment
😂😂👍🏽
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A couple of sets of plate pushaways, fork putdowns, and fridge door closes gets the job done.
Hear hear!
Ouch, that hurt me personally
Not nearly as effective for getting those juicy clicks unfortunately.
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Long story short, understand there is a difference:
Abdominal strength = training
Abdominal definition = caloric deficit
Meanwhile Jeff Cavalier: "Watching Sean's videos is killing your gains!"
Recently Jeff has said that even existing is killing your gains
Lmao
LOL
@@JohnBrown-ig5nc That guy has gotta be trolling at this point lol
@@njay6494 he's gotta get those views somehow
Nothing wrong with doing some abs. Just have to do it correctly.
I agree
Actually I've started seeing some abs and obliques from doing ab workouts 3 times a week under 3 months. Definitely train abs if u have medium to low body fat it helped me personally alot
He never played sports
And you actually build your abs muscles, which means you eliminate fat in the area. Don't let people fool you with that dumb philosophy that you can't selectively burn fat. As long as you eat mostly clean, you will notice your belly starting to disappear once you blast those abs, even without a caloric deficit
@@cherkaouia5541 kinda pisses me off that this video bashes youtubers for doing abs videos, seeking money, yet he's seeking money by telling you those are all lies... And here we are... Many of us actually proving by ourselves we can actually lose belly fat by working our abs
Everyone wants abs
but no one wants to lose fat.
More like no one is willing to do what it takes to lose fat
@@Ettoyeaz meanin they don't want it bad enough 😅
@@jakubknopp1964 Well... yes, lol
Duh, why would you want to be tired and weak all day from a low bodyfat percentage? You could achieve the same aesthetic by building more ab muscles which also leads to more strength, stability and health.
@@nyanity Thats my thought too some people are meant to have abs it depends on genetics Larry wheels bulking up and eating 8000 calories and weighing almost 140kg has abs but most people aren't like that. The second I get lower than 12.5% I feel like dog shit I feel best at 15-20% bodyfat. I just about have a 4 pack at 12.5% but its not worth it for me. I'd rather be big and strong than shredded and weak but each to their own.
I just do a plank with abs, back, and glutes tensed. I do that 2-3x a day to failure. That's worked better than anything I've ever tried.
@@alaindelon5398 thanks for reminding me about my rings. I need to pull them back out.
@@Luke-eg1gnYou can put your arms slightly forward
@@Luke-eg1gnincrease the time and intensity by putting your arms forward.
Since I started doing 7 minute abs every morning my lower back pain disappeared, I notice when I forget to do them for a while but keep lifting my back pain returns. They work, it helps me keep my core engaged and maintain good posture.
@Ioannis Demetriou Bullshit
@Ioannis Demetriou It would make your abs stronger and show more, it just depends on ur body fat level, he is saying if you do ab exercise while being fat it wont target the fat loss on your belly and it wont just make you thin,you have to do cardio and HIIT to be thinner
@Ioannis Demetriou you left out key details which made your comment look like you were implying that he’s saying they don’t work in general
@@sliceoffish4573 you could get thinner with literally 0 hiit and cardio.
@Ioannis Demetriou strength your core yep
I always used to skip abs. I started doing an ab routine (5-7 minutes) at the end of each workout and I noticed a massive difference.
However, what I think you’re getting at here, I agree with.
It’s a lot more than just an ab routine that’s going to get your midsection ripped!
Diet, and overall exercise to build muscle & burn fat is the only way you’ll get that shredded abdominal region.
Abs alone won’t cut it!
I am also planning to do the same, what was your abs routine that you implemented at the end of each workout?
@@engincanavc5925 Hanging leg lifts, weighted crunches, floor crunches, windshield wipers, and planks to failure. 2 sets, 5 days a week
@@BaddogSports thanks man appreciate it 🙏
@@engincanavc5925 No problem! 💪
@@BaddogSports what was the difference you noticed? Cos a lot of people are having different benefits from these routines. Eg. Better core stability and strength, better performance in sports etc.
Ab workouts have helped me massively as a runner. They prevent many injuries and improve running posture. They're definitely not a waste of time for me.
5:37
@@mongoosehunter6771 Yeah, he's basically explaining his play with words or his click-bait. He didn't say that "ab training" is a waste of time, he said "ab workouts" are and then he goes on to share some ab workouts (training) routines. They are no different than the workouts in the videos he shows as example in the beginning. He has some really good videos and content but he's all over the place here in my opinion with borderline misinformation.
@@f2f923 i personally want to sprint fast, what should i do? Iam a complete beginner
@@mongoosehunter6771 ab workouts .. jk. I would start by building up an aerobic base. Jog/run as comfortable as possible for a month or two progressively. Start with 1-3 miles 3-4 days per week and then by the 3rd week add some light sprints at the end of each session. After you’re comfortable running 3-5 miles, your body will be able to handle speed workouts. 4-6 x 400m, 200m, 100m reps is a good workout. Depends on what distance you’re looking for but consistency is the most important part.
@@f2f923 oh good thank you, imma try it. Can you tell me whats your 100m dash time?
To summarise, abs workouts are a waste of time, just do an abs workout instead.
Partly correct, do abs workout once a week but, whatever you do, stay away from abs workouts. Oh also, don’t take any advice from other RUclipsrs
Shows videos of people doing ab workouts without weightlifting equipment. Tells us those are a waste of time. Then says to do ab workouts with weightlifting equipment. And buy his product. Imagine we don't have access to weights. Can't afford them. Perhaps we are doing life in solitary confinement and only get one hour a day to write a comment like this. And guy just wasted like a quarter of it today.
@@paulsaulpaul lol
@@paulsaulpaultalks about using weights , then shows unweighted leg raises 🤷
😂😂
“Abs workouts are a waste of time guys. Instead do leg raises and planks.”
Man, I’m sure glad he said that. I was about to go do a Jeff cavalier ab workout that included leg raises and plank variations.
Every single calisthenic movement you can think of,includes your abs
@@elthenx9951 squat
@@elthenx9951 cool
@@captainkidney8577 so true that's the only
@@elthenx9951 I mean I have been doing 300 push ups a day 100 pull ups and 2 abwork out I think the push ups and pull ups do more to my abs then my ab work out
TLDR:
Don't do 15 minute ab videos
DO cable crunch
DO leg raise
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Why the leg raises, I get the cable crunches and adding weight
@@Mich-jk2ze leg raises are hard enough as is, some people can’t even do that, and you can always weigh down your legs with chains or a dumbbell
What does tldr mean
@@hokkaidoosaka4881 to long didn’t read
Vshred is turning into a massive meme at this point its so comical.
i love this guy because he actually has decent arguments he doesent destroy other's arguments, he just spits fax
I tried stopping working abs in those ways you criticize for a few months, and it honestly had a detrimental effect on me.
I went back to just training abs on each workout, 5/8m each workout in a kind of HIIT fashion, and i feel my core more tight during big lifts, i feel more stable overall, my back never hurts, and i look better
So yeah, to each his own I suppose
To each their own indeed but you kinda get the same effect on big lifts like dead’s bench and squat brace your core without a lifting belt and you can get a solid core that way too
What's your ab workout routine tho?
@@howdy9111 not really, atleast not that much. or for me and other people.
Perhaps those execises made your mind-muscle connection improve.
I always did squats and deadlifts and all the main compound lifts pretty well, but every time I tried to move my core while laying down I was always shaking a lot. The strenght was there, and they were visible, but the movement itself was little unconfortable because of a bad mind-muscle connection to that specific movement.
Every body its different bro, in my personal opinion, doing heavy workout with a machine crunch and leg lifting combined with my already heavy deadlift training its enough to keep my abs strong, rather than doing a high rep high intesity training to isolate my abs
Alot of the comments say that abs workouts work for them in running, karate, biking, etc but what he is trying to say is if your trying to get your abs to look good and all muscled out just doing abs workouts wont automatically make your abs pop out you just need balance in everything and train everything and not just focus on one part of the body but that doesn't mean you should stop doing abs workouts or routines
What bothers me about this video is that’s the title and the beginning is all about “abs workouts are a waste of time, it won’t give you abs”. And then at the end of the video he’s telling you abs workouts you can do to get abs. Click bait and silly 🤷🏻♀️
@@Press2GetTheCookie, without the apparent click bait, not many would checkout the legitimate information.
@@Press2GetTheCookie The vast majority of videos on RUclips are, to an extent, clickbait. The line between how much is "too much" is blurry but I'd say he's erring on the safe side
Watch again!
He said abb workouts are a waste of time.
NOT TRUE!
@@herbbowler2461 watch the last minute. big clarification
I did 10 minutes of a solid ab workout for 1.5 years. No abs shown but super strong core and that’s the reason I did it
Well that’s because you need to loose visceral fat. When I was overweight I did tons of ab exercises and when I finally lost weight they showed up like instantly
@@americohagim1131 I know that. My point was just doing abs everyday didn’t get me visible abs. Everyone has abs even if you don’t work them. Yes they will show a little sooner with with a slightly higher body fat percentage but you are also increasing your waste size by building out the muscle. It all depends what look you want...the flat ab look or the popping ab look. I prefer the flat look but my back needs a strong core so I need to heavily work my abs
I only do one ab exercise two times a week and I have almost eight pack
@Anthony Shaw the exercise is called the calorie deficit
Works every time
You feel stronger with no visible results but yes, getting stronger is the right mindset that drives consistency.
Been doing a 7 minute ab workout for the last 6 months 4-6 times per week and my abs feel and look better than ever ( been training my abs for 20 years ,I'm 35 atm) . I know that diet is key but those short and intense workouts help me growth my abs better than other type of workout
Yeah, that is why I don't really like this guy.
which exercise u were doing in 7 mins
How do they feel and look better if youd been training them for 20 years prior to those 6 months? What makes the 7 minute workout different and more effective from what you were doing before? Genuine question
@@IcuJustKon intensity i think
@@rameeziqbal8711Nah, what he said is pretty much true and he just called out the bs going all over the social media regarding "abs". Abs are already there, it's just the body fat covering it. Going through a calorie deficit focusing mainly on fat reduction for a few months will already give you visible abs. Stimulating those muscles through exercise and reaching close to failure will make them look better considering your aim is regarding aesthetics ( ofc those muscles will grow stronger ). Its upto you whether to follow a proper exercise routine or to solely work on abs that too for just 6-7 minutes thinking it'll actually work. If it was this easy, every average guy would roam around with abs
This is one of the most underrated channels on RUclips.
Agree
Fortunately Sean is climbing with his subs
Thank you 🙏
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Best fitness channel period
Well those 10-15 minute ab routines (along side cardio and other muscle training routines) kept me shreded through lockdown. So I wouldn't discard them that fast, know how to combine them, specially those who can't hit the gym.
Well exactly combination of different exercises works not only doing only doing abs workout or only biceps etc you can train you core you shoulders and arms with doing something like push up mountain climbers
Diet kept you shredded........
@@ohhellnooooo8233 Diet too, or at least minding my food at a certain degree. It's a combination of everything.
@@rotapp7268 so you agree it’s half if not more of the equation. Pretty important thing to leave out
Doing something is obviously better than doing nothing. Doing these ab circuitworkouts isn’t going to do NOTHING, it’s just not optimal especially to reach your maximum potential.
Agree, direct abdominal exercises are fine & can even be good to do incorporated as part of an overall program, but a lot of core work also comes from doing compound movements where engaging your core is an important part of the exercise.
How do we reconcile that with your “ab day” as you described in your “5 min ab workout” video?
@@gunner5916 Simple, I was giving people something they could do safely & easily at home in the earlier days of COVID without access to any equipment as part of whatever else they may have already been doing. I believe I even said as much in that video, and was trying to motivate people to get off the couch to keep exercising no matter what they chose to do, as many people were getting very out of shape at that point. I’ve also always spoken about the importance of focusing on creating a balanced physique & following a well thought out training program for the safest & best results in almost all my videos.
You should also keep in mind, that was one of the first videos I ever made and was still figuring out the direction I was going to go in with future content, & I’ve come a long way since then. I have greatly evolved how I present and explain everything since those early days when I was still a bit uncomfortable on camera, & learning how to film & edit everything by myself.
I did (and do) watch your videos in full. This explanation is very tangential other than your closing note about how you’re learning and improving. That helps me understand. Thanks!
@@gunner5916 Appreciate your response. I make it no secret that despite all my years of experience & knowledge I’ve accrued over the years as a fitness professional, I love that I can still learn something new any given day, or even adapt my views over time as new research comes out or I find something to be safer or more effective than what I had previously adopted to be the best way to do something. Not to mention the fact that I live by the words I preach in my videos, which is that I always check my ego at the door and can admit if I am wrong about something.....or that I’m always learning and striving to keep being better at what I do personally and professionally.
And I also appreciate that you do watch my videos in entirety, and I apologize for assuming otherwise. 👍
@@FitLabb well spoken and no apology necessary. Respect to you and good luck! ✌️
Finally , someone worth true respect
No unnecessary complications , being true to the principle of minimalism.
Getting your nutrition in check its way harder than any 15 minute sixpack shortcut blast video on RUclips
I train my abs almost every day,It honestly has helped me with my karate,It keeps me stable and balanced.I also find that ab workouts make my period cramps more tolerable.But I see your point,it wasn’t just ab workouts that made my abs more visible,it was diet and all that other stuff too.I don’t think ab workouts are bad,they just shouldn’t be the only thing you do.
Lol, thatvother stuff
Yeah i think thats his point
Yeah I do abs 4 times a week. I usually stick to 10mins worth.
Women ☕️
Actually strengthening you're abs/core will aid you greatly with kicks, stance, punches, grapples, and takedowns greatly.
It’s not that there is 300,000,000+ people watching those videos... it’s just me watching and rewatching, desperately trying to lose my belly fat.... crunch baby!
One account is one view, so if you watch a video in one account 99999999 times it’ll still count as one view
@@austinmclntosh no . If you have any doubt you can check the views of baby shark . Its 8. 3 billion , the world population is 7.8 billion and only 4 billion have access to internet and many have nt watched it yet . If you are right , tell me how
@@austinmclntosh that’s your opinion🤣
The secret......
Calorie defecit! Lol
@@austinmclntosh I like the confident statement of yours but that's not how things work.
Back in high school I would train full body 5 times a week (2 rest days a week), my ab routine back then was only declined sit ups with a Russian twist at the top with a medicine ball. I would say that did do a better job of shredding my abs then when i tried a circuit.
"The main cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most, for what you want now." -Zig Zigler
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The dilemma of my life. I want to be diced af, but I also want to eat delicious ass food 😔😣😂
@@Samuel2oh9 me too lmao... its kinda hard
While I appreciate this advice for the concern of slimming down your core, there is a lot of room for ab specific exercise where it concerns sport goals. I play judo and jiujitsu, and ab specific workouts have made me decidedly more capable in each realm.
'For building muscle in the most efficient way'
Is basically the base to whatever sean talks about in regards to exercises. Not strength, not endurance, not powerlifting... But building muscle.
And here I thought it was blatantly obvious that his advice is strictly within the context of building muscle and not sport specific. /s
You “play” judo and jiu jitsu? Odd wat of putting it lol
@@buttmcgee3123 that's pretty common terming where im from.
@@deathsheadhawkmoth1 oh that’s fair, when I started wrestling I used to say play and got yelled at multiple times lmao
I can truly say I learned something new today! Been watching TONS of bodybuilding vids on different channels, as I’ve just started working out.. It’s like they all compete with each other on how to make things sound and seem more complicated than they should. But anyway, Thank you Sean. I’m learning a lot from you 👊🏼
Welp u should be confused again he is wrong
@@iammicaiah1934 he's not wrong, you people don't even understand the video
Nailed it once again! It seems many, if not most do not know about proper rest time between sets. Of course, it depends on the goal, but 2-3 mins, for building muscle, up to 4-5 for strength training is a good rule. Thanks for the informed instruction!
I’ve never heard 4-5 minutes before
@@MultiUnreal There is no such thing as a rest time that is too long
Ab workouts are never the waste but if you want some proper gains, or fat losses which are more important for gaining abs, you should follow some structured and personalized diet plan! I got mine from Next Level Diet, but there are many more great options online (especially if you are lazy like me and hate counting calories and macros). I lost 8 lbs of fat in my first month, but I have just started 💪💪
Dude, I love this material. I have noticed that I have leaned down all over my body and noticed a few more toned spots that I've never noticed before. The stomach fat, however, doesn't seem to go away for a lot of people because, well... It's all they look at. Losing weight appears to be simply losing your gut for most. I've got a beer gut I'm working on shedding from years of drinking heavily, but I will say that seeing all of these tones and definitions all over my body in general are what keep me motivated to keep doing what I'm doing. Great video, brother!
For chloe I would say that you should do the full work program and just not a video and she always says you can't get abs in two weeks but ofcourse you see progress in two weeks
I haven't done her full workout programs before but I do know a friend who chloe's fitness program helped a whole lot.
Yeah it's supposed to be combined with other videos
Ab workouts are never the waste but if you want some proper gains, or fat losses which are more important for building your abs, you should follow some structured and personalized diet plan... I got mine from website dietarize, but there are many more great options (especially if you are lazy like me and hate counting calories and macros). I lost 5lbs of fat in my first month, but I have just started 💪
Dietarize is a stupid scam website
ok
"Or would you pick a few solid weight training exercises, maybe 2-4 different lifts, train them in a standard hypertrophy rep range, go hard and get close to failure, take a full rest period between sets, and focus on progressive overload over time" SUCH a good sound bite.
These routines are pretty good for building good ab muscles at least at the start, since most beginners honestly couldnt make it all the way through one of these workouts. They usually do provide a lot of mechanical tension if you haven't trained abs before, and putting them in a 15 minute daily routine is a good way to keep consistent. Obviously if you find it easy then you can do harder variations but I still think they can be a great starting point
Yes they are good, but nothing compared to what actual good exercises
15 minutes of what mostly ends up being endurance training
Oh well I’m still doin my abs everyday, I still appreciate this video tho cause it’s still teaching people and I still learned something from this video, I love how he kept everything real
He didn't say to not train your abs, he said to treat it like any other muscle group and use progressive overload rather than an unstructured high-volume routine.
@@wes407 yea I know 5:34 he mentioned it
Same here, everyday and i enjoy it 😁💯
12-15 reps 3-5 sets - 2-3 times a week!
Deadlifts
Hand knee raises with weights on legs
Kneeling rope crunch
Reverse crunch
Planks with weights
Try add more weight each week
Try that for a little
No. I do what i want
12-15 reps of deadlifts sounds like cardio
@@adambrand2793 Deadlifts are like bizarro ab workouts where low volume, high intensity work is so normal that few people consider higher rep ranges but like ab work, there's little reason to assume that 12-15, a normal hypertrophy range, wouldn't work with the deadlift in general.
Everyday
@@TheGreektrojan Sean has said in other videos that 8-12 i s ideal for hyporthrophy, also atleast for me , i like to do low rep sets for compounds to build strength aswell as muscle
Best ab results I've ever gotten have been from just consistently working heavy compound lifts correctly. The amount of bracing your abs have to do to support heavy deadlifts, squats, overhead presses, etc. is non-trivial and blows away these time-consuming bodyweight boondoggles.
Do your abs burn when you do those?
I can deffinitely feel my whole core during romanian deadlifts the most.
Yeah, to be honest, doing weighted squats probably helps a lot, and ab workouts are probably better for targeting those specific muscle groups
My best results on compound lifts came after I started doing core exercises.
YES!! Spot on!
Underrated because he tells the viewers the truth vs b.s. most like to hear.
Fact!
Very sensible advice. I would bet that most people who are looking for a magical fat burning abs exercise ignore the fact that they are just eating the wrong foods or too much food in general. Proper diet and portion control are equally as important as exercise if not more so. Stop the gluttony!
You can never outwork a bad diet!
So if I eat less but continue to eat the food, will that help or?
@@TigerTonk-Hyou can eat to fill you up just make sure it’s lean protein and some good carbs also don’t listen to this dude you should definitely do abs minds didn’t start showing till I starting to work them
I think one of the most important functions of the abs is to maintain core stability, meaning that it's valuable to do isometric exercises where you resist movement rather than move under resistance. I get a lot of value out of plank rows. It's just a high plank with a wide leg stance, and you alternate picking each hand off the floor for two seconds. The goal is to only move your arm and avoid changing any other element of your posture.
Three sets, less than twenty reps, and I can really feel it. I throw in some hanging leg raises or L-seats from time to time. That's it for me. I don't have a six-pack but I have noticed more core stability during squats and deadlifts. If I really want a six-pack, I'll diet like crazy. Since I'm natty and in my forties, with uncooperative genetics, it's just not worth it for me.
I think you are mixing up things. Abs and core are in the same region, but are not necessarily the same. You do core exercises and they work and target other muscles than ab exercises. Your 'abs' is the rectus abdominis as well as obliques, wheres 'core' is the transversus abdominis, pelvic floor muscles as well as other muscles like mulitfidi etc. You activate all of them in a different manner (however some cant be activated actively). The most important thing about ab routines is to know how to properly activate and engage the right muscles and what movement they do. The main problem for people failing to grow abs is that they are using momentum or the movement itself isnt correct or the resistance is too low. Take sit ups. I love sit ups and they are a legit exercise. However, most people use momentum and only engage the hip flexor. But the job of the rectus abdominis is to bring the upper body closer to the pelvis, and not the upper body closer to the knees. If you sit up vertebra per vertabra it is such an exhausting exercise whereas I could do hundreds of sit ups in the wrong way. And it is a perfect exercise to add resistance. So once you know the function of each muscle, all those ab exercises are seriously legit. And for the deep transverse muscle it is important to do anti rotational exercises and plank variations as well in order to strengthen it. the TA Muscle works all the time and it get a good isometric workout in most of the exercises IF you know how to engage it (usually it is explained as "sucking in the belly button" but I dont think this explaination is very accurate because when I suck in my belly button I dont automatically engage my TA, you have to learn it properly, but it is pretty simple and doesnt take long). I couldnt squat properly without ky TA working really hard.
@@easypeasy7584 Wow, really good advice here.
Rope cable crunches are my favorite ab exercise, followed by ab wheel.
Note on the leg raises: your hips need to rotate forward/up or you're mostly doing a hip flexor exercise, not an ab exercise. Really common to see people do this wrong.
Edited for clarity.
Cable crunchies 👍🏻ab wheel 👍🏻 I’ve still got a 6 pack at 63 on these two exercises
@@anniezhang5663 the part that's actually working your abs is when your hips rotate forward, bringing the front your hip bones toward your chest. Like what happens when you do a crunch, but we your chest stationary and your hips moving instead.
Jeff Cavalier watches this video: “ ok guys watching this channel will kill your gains and here’s why….” Lmao loved the burn
Fake Weights. Supplements.
Jeff: 😡😠 *He is ready to fight.*
I’m a women and my stomach is pretty flat, I watch Chole Tings videos all the time for my daily ab routines and Its been working pretty well, but do you think adding weights to my workouts will help? I think the weights would make my abs look to bulky, no?
LOLOL, that clip shown at 3:36 for "prancing around your living room" was so hilariously fitting! 🤣
Hahahahahha love this guy !!!🥰
Core strength is essential for proper posture when it comes to compound exercises. If you're wanting that six pack, diet harder and do longer, harder cardio.
I gotcha my nigga
core strength is necessary if you're a calisthenics athlete, but gotta admit 6 pack exercises just won't give you 6 packs like that
Why :c
@@Nixx26 don't listen these people. Doing abs everyday or 4-5 times a week is great to get those abs.
@@uniques.5443 they are literally just saying to work it out like every other muscle. Did we watch the same video?
@@uniques.5443 so do you train your biceps and chest everyday too?
@@w.a.domski too? You think i do it like you do? Nope, i'm not. I have a balanced plan and diet and most importantly i'm not a weeb:)
I think people aren’t understanding what he is saying. He is saying doing a crap ton of reps of random ab exercises isn’t actually doing anything, especially if you aren’t progressively overloading i.e. increasing the difficulty as you get better like a lot of those “get abs” videos prescribe a set number of reps to do everyday. Instead, he suggested doing low reps with lots of progressive overload like you would other exercises and getting rid of fat through full body exercises as well. Correct me if I’m not quite understanding though.
Ngl core strength is important as fuck when you do things like calisthenics
Yes! Agree,but i do not train them directly,like every single calisthenic movement includes your abs
Glad to see this covered up, I see so many people doing 10-15 min ab workouts of just easy bodyweight exercises instead of hypertrophic resistance training like they'd do for other muscles. Nice video my dude
Been following this channel for years and it’s helped me tremendously, one of the few fitness RUclipsrs I actually trust. Great content as always!!
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For everyone who does ab workouts and is triggered in the comments. Yes high rep ab workouts are effective on untrained abs, you see some result sure. But what he is saying is that it works better to use more weight if you want popping abs. Just like how you train every other muscle group.
Not everyone have access to professional gym equipment or place to train. Calisthenic workouts are not BS as you said. I get you're all about getting those hardcore trainings on gym but saying everyone should stop training at home and go to gym, put on 120kg on each hand and start lifting otherwise they're just wasting their time, is huuuuge BS here. Everyone needs to start somewhere and doing simple pushups will get you great results over time. Same with abs routines if you combine it with right amount of cardio and diet. Saying that something is a waste of time just shows how little your words are worth and how less respect you have for someones work.
the part when he talked about calisthenics or lifting weights at the gym,he's talking about maximizing muscle growth. And in terms of hypertrophy,lifting weights is definitely superior to any sort of home workouts. The keyword here is maximizing muscle growth,doing calisthenics will not maximize your muscle growth as well as lifting weights do. Sure they will get you a decent physique,but forget about getting big if calisthenics is all you do unless you have very good genetics which the average people don't.
@Joy Bhattacharya That's just simply false lol
@Joy Bhattacharya Right because Arnold and Ronnie Coleman got big from pushups. Think about what you're saying, the resistance of pushing weights is greater than that of your body weight.
You can create big muscles with bodyweight, you only have to go until failure, but usually that takes more time with bodyweight, and also gets boring, with the same exercises. And you don't have to have big mountains of muscles to have a functional body. If looking like Arnold is your goal, then yeah you need machines and dumbells and stuff, but I prefer a power yoga workout which works a lot of muscle groups together anytime over some gym routine.
@@pippo9830 That isn't a hypertrophic movement and will not build significant mass
this guy needs more love. i’ve been watching his videos nonstop for the past 3 days! thank you!
Yeah he is very informative, he spreads no bS like other RUclipsrs
LMAO i kinda knew there would be atleast one vshred clip in the video 😂
V- Shred is essential for what not to do in fitness community 😂
@@773superprguy And also one Ryan "humor me" Humiston video!
You shouldn't even wear shorts with them toothpicks hanging out 😂😂
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Chloe Ting
Abs are made in the gym but revealed in the kitchen. When I say It’s made in the gym It means that your strengthening them and losing body fat but then eating healthy In the kitchen will help them reveal.
Finally an honest answer with no bull shit. I figured it was just a matter of consistent reps while increasing your failure points. I spend 20-30 minutes a day and seems to be working fine. I also realize that body fat visually isn’t going to disappear in weeks. It realistically takes several months while staying on routine.
I agree with you on the first part .. but body fat does not take months to visually disappear lol. You can literally start seeing results in as little as 1-2 weeks and can most definitelyyyy see a difference after just one month .
But then again , I guess it would depend on your body type and how over weight you are , and of coarse , Diet.
But I've neverrr seen it take someone a few months to start seeing visual fat loss results when working out on a consistent basis.. it just realistically doesn't take that long in my opinion.
@@queenb9668 Yeah you’re right. I weigh about 165 so it’s hard for me to tell because it’s my target weight already. I need to lose the fat and put on the muscle but stay at that weight essentially. It’s hard for me to see it.
"Why Ab Workouts Are A Waste Of Time" is a little bit of clip baiting. Although in the actual video you explain it correctly. As you said they are not exactly a waste of time, they do strength the core muscle which is something really cool if you want to have big abs muscle and other positive stuffs, but they suck when it comes to burn fat. I would change the tittle to "Ab Workouts do not help to reduce belly fat (DO THIS INSTEAD!)". It explain better what are you trying to say in the video.
Just a positive criticisms, I think your video is really good and more people should watch it, but the tittle does not correlate with the video topic, in my opinion.
I love how so many fitness youtubers out there keep excluding all the exercises because they are bad or a waste of time. At the end of the day, I'm gonna be left with no exercises at all lol. Most of your advices are for gym goers. What about people who don't wanna go to the gym? Am I never gonna get abs because every single exercise on a mat is a waste of time?
I agree. It's like home workouts will never work as well as gym workouts, home workouts takes dedications and patience to do it because of the high reps and longer duration, i doubt those gym-goers ever do home workouts consistently 🤔
Home workout is better than not working out at all 😁
@@akunott5324 True. I actually really enjoy working out at home, it fits my schedule more and I'm pretty interested in calisthenics, not everything has to be done in the gym lifting heavy weights. Same goes for ab exercises. I absolutely disagree that they are a "waste of time".
I also started to think i do everything wrong when i watched some youtube vids like this one. And i evidently still watch them from time to time but i've come to realize that at the end of the day, what works for you is most important. Sure, there are things you can do wrong but as long as you perform your exercises cleanly and correctly, you'll see the results. Just listen to your body. Try out different exercises and see which one has the biggest effect on the targeted muscle.
People do what yall wanna do don't listen to just one person especially someone hating on other channels because of their views
@@akunott5324 well gym is more effective for sure but i didn't have much of a choice cause of corona. Now its open again :))
took 10 min to say:
You can't spot burn fat from your body,
The abs dedicated workouts on youtube are a waste of time
You should still work on your abs BUT not on high reps but few reps with higher intenstity
core stability and strength is what helped make me a great runner in my teens. I dont have that same strength anymore, but doing abs/core specifically and right after a run too is super beneficial and effective. Yet again, Im not trying to body build being a triathlete
i feel so bad for the fat people in my gym who sit hours at a week in ab machines
They should search for quality information, not first thing that pop on yt...
Typical avarage fat guy gym routine:
Run for 10 minutes on the treadmill at 4mph
Do one set on all the ab machines in the gym.
Do some bicep curls. (Using a light weight because you don't want to get too big)
@@tonit4233 Lol literally I see a fat guy in my gym all the time and he said he doesn't want to show off with big weights so just pumps out light weights. Talking about a 5ft 9 fat dude weighing 120kg and benching 40kg explosively to show off and its like dude thats nothing. If I was superfat I would do loads of cardio and some weights too but I wouldn't half ass the weights especially when weight gives you the leverage. For some perspective newbies who are skinny and have zero muscle bench better.
How about helping them instead of making fun of them ?
@RGV ah okay , that's strange. Different here In denmark
I've been doing that jeff Cavaliere's workout you showed for almost 2 months 2 times per week(obviously making it harder every week) and it has improved the muscular tone and strength of my core. Since i started bulking at a high bf % i perfectly know i wont be able to see my abs, unless i do a caloric deficit.but these workouts actually work really well for the abs
can you share me links to those workouts ?
i really want to make my core stronger
@@enigma_0721 just look up athleanx abs.
@@Kessekom The dude in the video uses Jeff's videos as the examples he tears down ab workout RUclipsrs. It applies to anyone who uses Jeff's videos, which is why you don't know what you're talking about. Anyone who is subbed to this channel should unsub.
@@JosephLachh hes not even purposefully debunking other youtubers, hes just using them as examples for ab workouts. Also you PURPOSEFULLY telling people to unsub from him is even worse that what he did. Not to mention he actually provides useful info meanwhile ur just trying to sabotage his success for stupid reasons. I bet you would like it there in twitter and cancel culture
@@pjp7316 He's saying that all ab workout youtube videos are a waste of time, which is not true. Yeah, he uses them as examples of ab workouts, which he shoots down as a waste of time. Yep, I'm saying unsub. I don't think this guy has valid content. It's actually the opposite of cancel culture since I'm using my right to voice my opinion. It seems you're very triggered. No need to be my friend.
I found that doing compound lifts like squats and deadlifts have helped me develop my core more than traditional ab exercises. Something to try
He says that ab workout vids are just made to rack up views, while this whole video is just promoting his program, along with using a clickbait title
That's not the point
It means first u have to reduce ur fat, while those RUclipsrs out there mainly focused on abs rather than belly lose, believe me I have been doing those abs workout for like 3 month and I haven't loss a single fat layer but I change it into more calories burned exercise like jumping jack, mountain climbing etc and I lose like 2 kg in 1 and half month .
@@faqeeha5291 because your obviously your not gonna burn that fat from abs workouts, find other ways to burn fat...
@@drewthedrilla that's my point
@@faqeeha5291 lol like most of the youtubers say that you need to lose fat to get visible abs
@@zxr8ii yes bruh I forgot to add that BTW it's more effective than those crunches and all
if u have belly fat 🤦♂
So you are just saying we can't build muscles if we don't have access to gym
you can
@@captainsandwhich7469 enlighten me then please 😭 i have no access to a gym and i don't know what to do
@@iiiiion basically big difference of calisthenics and weights are
1. With calisthenics all you can do are compound movements. It is mostly impossible to isolate any muscle groups save for a few exceptions
2. I'm going to try finding an exercise for every muscle group just so you can have an easier life. These are also basic exercises.
Traps: Pike shrugs
Front Delts: Pike Pushups
Lateral Delts: Military Pike Press
Rear Delts: Wide Grip Table Rows
Upper chest: Pike Pushup
Middle Chest: Pushups
Lower Chest: Bench Dips
Biceps: Reverse Table Curl
Triceps: Diamond Pushups or overhead extensions
Quads and Glutes: Squat
Hamstrings: Single legged bodyweight hungarian deadlift
Abs: Crunches
Lower back: Archups
Lats: Pullups, if you can't, go for negatives
Upper back: Table Rows narrow grip
Basically It. There are many more exercises you can progress to once these exercises start to get easy
@@captainsandwhich7469 oh my thank you so much!! I'm a dancer and I've been wanting to workout out my body more but I've been struggling finding good workout vids, this really helped though thanks again
Okay but at least in the instance of Chloe Ting's video, they're part of a whole program which includes cardio workouts to burn fat.
Ofc there's some click bait involved but there's no Illusion that just this one video is enough.
That said, what you said is very informative
Cardio doesn’t burn fat, it burns calories. Correct me if I mistook what you said.
@@drexxy426 it's not wrong to say cardio burns fat though. Calories are energy, fats are stored energy. So it's neither right nor wrong to say cardio burns fat.
@@MagicalGalaxies112 and we all can agree on that the most important part in losing bodyfat is nutrition!
@@thegoldenraspberry1018 yep, its like 80-90% nutrition and if you wanna burn fat, cardio isn't even the best option
@@onlydimitri221 yet it is effective, especially for people who don't workout on the regular.
100% agree with this video and makes total sense what you're saying, I understand and think the same way, plus most strength and conditioning programmes dont do ab based workouts on its own its more core and trunk stabilising with teaching correct engagement of the back and front muscles together to strengthen the lower back and protect the spine as a primary goal before worrying about what your 6 pack looks like
I'm contributing to this high views because abs training is too taxing to include in my FBW on gym, so I like to do it in home like you said- on yoga mat after hours :) It's fun, relaxing and I don't see anything wrong with spending 10 min on it.
Same here
For someone who is out of shape (like myself), I have found encouragement from seeing before and after videos of people who followed a 10 min abs video, or 15 min workout. I have been so encouraged that I started doing a few myself and have been pretty consistent over the last week and a half. I haven’t worked out everyday, but getting 35 minutes or more in most days when I used to work out zero days has been huge for me. And while I know I’m not going to see my abs in 7 days or two weeks or whatever it may be, I can tell I am building muscle underneath this layer of fat that is slowly melting away as these workouts help increase your heart rate so as to be able to burn fat. I can tell because I am able to workout longer without feeling so totally exhausted, and I feel like my heart rate returns to normal faster than it did. So, we all have to start somewhere. And I am glad for these types of videos on RUclips as they are helping me in my health journey. I hope your video doesn’t discourage other people from trying them out because they can be very beneficial.
Literally any form of exercise would be beneficial, and technically ab work is more dangerous for out of shape people due to their lack of mobility. You can really f up your back. I see lots of these comments though. Just because you did something that helped you doesn’t mean it’s an ideal method to get results. I’m glad it worked but doing body weight ab workouts is not really anywhere close to the ideal way to lose weight. Not saying you shouldn’t do it, but let’s not pretend it’s a good thing that many people start off their journey with misinformation or a less-than-ideal plan.
and as long as you watch your diet, you will eventually see them
@@matthewgoulamanian5968 yep. That part really takes discipline. I am working on it. Getting better everyday. 🙂
You literally burned more calories than you were before that's all lmao. If that makes you happy then good4u. But there are more efficient ways to do it and claiming otherwise is properly fake news so stop.
Week and a half of abs workout isn't a good result. This exercises are too boring and hard to do them for a half-year or more consistently (this is how long you need to do them and diet to see results if you are overweight). When you train with weights, you see progression and this motivate you and also you don't tired so much after strength training
I jog 4 miles a day and am gradually increasing my speed by the day. I also do ab workouts and weight lifting occasionally. I kinda plan to continue ab workouts after this video, you said yourself that they still grow and build the abs, and things such as a healthy diet and cardio define the abs, so I don’t think you shouldn’t not do ab workouts, you shouldn’t really stop doing it completely, I do get your point though
Just wait a couple of years wth your running
@@jacobstravail what?
He never said that you shouldn't do abs workouts. But the title is straight up just misleading
@@irjiiu1041the irony of the clickbaity video title for a video calling out clickbaity titles haha
@@stinks7065 If you want people to watch a video you need some kind of click bait
306 million viewers were not watching that video to see an ab workout. . . .
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I would rather watch and listen to WHAT TO DO, rather than watch and listen to what NOT to do. We are wasting time here…
Dude you're killing it! Love this video. This is literally what everybody needs to hear. The number of people I talk to and try to convince of the best way to build muscle and build your physique that believe the nonsense of typical and workouts is ridiculous. And it's so strange to me that so many people don't want to listen to it truly works. Thanks for putting out these awesome videos Sean, all the best!
i watched this video to make sure i was doing everything right and well i have noticed results but it never hurts to learn more and well im glad ive been doing everything pretty much right. i do 3 variations of crunches for 10 reps in a row(30 total per set) then a full rest period and the kneeling rope one is one of my favs too. i focus getting the peak of the contraction and man it burns at higher weights. usually takes me about 30 min and more if i really pace myself and i do abs 2x a week. once at the start and once at the end.
Hey we have the same last name haha I'm mex but someone told me it's Basque from Spain (decent )
Some people genetically can’t see their 6 packs; look at Dwayne Johnson, guy is huge. But he doesn’t have a 6 pack you can see; pictures of his father who also didn’t have a 6 pack.
I agree 100% that ab workouts are a waste of time. Doing bench press, push ups, deadlifts, squats, pullups, and farmers walk engages your core way better than doing 1000 situps. I do zero ab exercises and I have visible abs. Focus more on diet and cardio. Plus situps will fuck up your spine in the long run.
I just do 6 sets per week of weighted hanging knee raises and got good ab gains. Abs are not a priority for me, and some compound movements works them too...
1.18 Jeff Cavaliere looks like he's just been touched by the the faith healer at a baptist church, and now his body is possessed by the spirit of the holy ghost.
😂😂😂😂😂 Omg that's soo true
Lol
I find doing calisthenics is enough plus being in a deficit.
Well if u wanna burn fat I think that doing cardio is the best thing u can do
I know it’s an older video, but I’m just now finding it. I do two core workouts every time I workout, three days a week, and the results have been pretty amazing, so far. Every workout I start by warming up a bit, arm circles, jumping jacks, and a few other things, just to get the blood flowing. Then, I do 4 sets of hanging leg raises and planks, supersetting by doing the leg raises then immediately going into a plank for 60 seconds, then resting for 30 seconds, or so, in between.
Here are some things to know to stay generally healthy while getting stronger.
You can't target fat in certain areas but you can target muscles. Just do a variety of core workouts for different muscles. Hollow holds, v ups, sit ups, L sits, Russian twists. Those types of workouts.
Don't forget to do cardio. Make sure you target other muscle groups too. Don't over exert yourself. Increase your workouts slowly over time. When you feel ready, try to go further.
Eat healthy enough, but you don't need to completely cut out the fun foods. Be consistent. Make exercise part of your life, and try to find a way to enjoy it. I personally like going on walks when I'm not feeling a hard workout. Most of all, don't worry too much. You don't have to be shredded to be strong or healthy. You're trying, and that's awesome.
It's not always easy, but it's doable. It feels quite good. Best of luck :)
I just started, thanks for the motivation 🔥🔥🔥
@@oyenowsem8846 yes same!! 😉
I remember doing athleanX 10 minute ab workouts 2 weeks before going on vacation back when I was 15 thinking I could get a 6 pack, oh how far we come
Your channel is great, Sean. Thanks for providing solid information in an easy to understand way.
Video title : "ab workouts are a waste of time"
Guy in the video : "here's some ab workouts"
Beginning : "10 minute ab workout videos aren't going to help you"
End : "but here's another 10 minute ab video"
The only time I train my abs is when I flex them in the mirror.
Even standing up and doing biceps curls,works your abs.
Let that sink in!
I think those videos are so popular because if you had the choice of going to the gym or working out at home a lot of people choose to workout at home and not everyone can have a gym in their house (which I so wish I had). I never really went to the gym because my anxiety is very high and covid didn't help with that at all. Like I really want to build my legs but I'm too scared to go to the gym so that's why I think those at home, no equipment, "10 mins", get abs fast videos are so popular. It's all about convenience.
Tried an ab workout yesterday since ages and reminded myself why it sucks, so this is nice
Ab workouts are definitely not a waste of time, they are great. Doing both timed ab circuits and weight trained ab workouts are equally as beneficial. You want blocky extremely pronounced abs, weight train them. You want asthetic slimmer more defined abs hit circuits. It is all a matter of preference.
The muscle grows the same way with training no matter how you train them as long as you train to failure + progressive overload. What you are saying is pure bullshit
Whenever I train them, they look better. Been the case for 6 years now
I'm not against ab training itself - I'm just saying that they shouldn't be trained differently than other muscles.
@@Sean_Nalewanyj I got that later on watching the video
@@Sean_Nalewanyj Are you saying all muscles are the same? Like abs, calves, and forearms respond, and recover the same as every other muscle?
@@Sean_Nalewanyj is it true that ab training is good for definition of the abs and not getting them to show? Cause I’ve heard people say that ab workouts are useless entirely as most of the popular ab workouts are back on your back and you can build strong abs through your regular workouts. Kinda like how you always technically train arms because all workouts require some kind of arm strength
@@coreybeavers8853 Less blood flow goes to your stomach region so while you should train your whole body to burn fat altogether, you should still engage that area to make sure that those muscles are being strengthened and getting enough blood flow to begin with.
DEFECIT + CONSISTENCY = SUCCESS
Fat loss and especially in the abdomen area requires a lot effort in terms of being consistent in the gym and your diet, if your on a deficit long enough then fat loss will happen. It is hard and will require a lot of time and effort because our body will prioritize losing fat in other areas on our body first like our face, arms and chest area before it moves to the abdominal area which will take roughly around 13-16 weeks depending on your body fat percentage. Each individual have their own plateu but once they reach their plateu then their abdomen area will shrink but like I said, it's hard and grueling since our body will prioritize losing fat in other parts of our body before it moves to the abdomen, just don't give up, either love or/and hate it use it as a motivation and trust the process and you'll get there.
I love how he's basically taking the piss out of VShred at the same time as telling the truth 👍🏾🤣
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Most people just don’t understand this: If you want abs it’s all about your diet and being disciplined in what you take in. Good video.
Your right mate👍
"abs are made in the kitchen" is a well known saying but people don't want to listen. They want have their cake and eat it too. Sometimes literally.
That's the secret........
not really? at least not for me. Each body works differently and it has to do with your metabolic system.
Instead of yapping, I wish you had got to the point and had told us which exercises can be done
JF Caron: “Abs is not a sign of power, it's just a sign you're not eating enough.”
Basically starting strength
And being fat isn’t a sign of wealth either.
Sounds like something fat people say to boost their self esteem
Ironically enough Strongman have very strong abs and core. Its just not visible due to the excess fat.
Having abs while being fat is the true sign of strength and wealth! Check eddie hall
There’s always those couple guys who comment that you can spot target fat loss by doing x, y, z exercises..... Let’s see where they are today. 😂
Probably the same guy calling others a sandwich.
Hahahahaha that was brilliant 😆🤣 👍
@@JustcallmeGnarly22 😂 I was waiting for you to say that!!! Haha!
@@FitLabb I knew you'd like that comment.
Is injecting deoxycholate a exercise?
You need abs strenght for advanced calisthenics skills such as front lever and full planche, so yes it is not a waste of time for some of us.
I think he says it because most want their abs to show and not for actual core strenght. I find most Abs exercises hella boring so I pick up the best and most entertaining to do, and yeah I also work on them for Advanced Calisthenics