Can I Find My ABS In 30 days?
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- I took on a 30-day ab challenge to see if I could develop visible abs and increase my core strength. Did I achieve my goals? Watch today's video to find out if this ab challenge delivered on its promises!
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I love how in terms of strongman training some of what you do for your RUclips could be seen as "just screwing around" but I'll be damned if you don't still show up and win strongman competitions left and right haha
I mean yeah but you gotta allow for some screwing around lol. Also, look at what Shaw used to do, would intentionally post clips of struggling with weight, well under what he could do, with the intent of throwing off competition into underestimating his preparedness, etc. these guys have a lot of time to play mind games, and a very brief time to actually compete.
Thanks Andrew 🙌
Screwing around? He’s the most dedicated strongman there is, you clearly don’t know the sport, strongmen are notorious for eating 6 sleeping 8 and training a few hours the rest of the day, the other parts of the day are pretty much spent resting or in pain, Mitch does 1 million things a day and is a polar opposite, I’m surprised he never got annoyed at you saying he was screwing around when he is probably the hardest working man in strongman ‘screwing around’… he’s working, it’s physical activity, it’s recovery, it’s money, you annoy me.
Screwing around? He’s the most dedicated strongman there is, you clearly don’t know the sport, strongmen are notorious for eating 6 sleeping 8 and training a few hours the rest of the day, the other parts of the day are pretty much spent resting or in pain, Mitch does 1 million things a day and is a polar opposite, I’m surprised he never got annoyed at you saying he was screwing around when he is probably the hardest working man in strongman ‘screwing around’… he’s working, it’s physical activity, it’s recovery, it’s money, you annoy me.
@@CCC-gg1to"could be seen as" is what the OP said about the "just screwing around"
Cheers for putting yourself through this even though you didn't enjoy it... I'm sure I'm not the only one that appreciated your efforts to be able to watch the results.
Thank you!! It was rough
@@mitchellhooperstrongman Nah thank you mate, the only reason I ended up hitting the gym tonight because I felt like a bitch after seeing you push through haha.
3:53 casual gym clothes if I’ve ever seen one 😂
Idk how I missed that the first time through lmao
went to the comments right away to see if anyone else saw hahahaha
Yep that's why I'm here😂
Just about to say the same thing lmao
Thank you for doing this for us and it does make it slightly better that you're not enjoying it. Which also adds to the humor of it.
I think we all can agree training abs is never fun😂
Mitch gett'in that beach readiness.... in the middle of the summer 😎☀
😂
Why such high reps rather than increasing weight like you would any other muscle group? Doing weighted core work for 10 - 20 reps showed incredible results for me with my abs.
because it looks more entertaining for the video , your way is better
his bodyweight is so high he doesnt need to add weight lol, also most body builders only do bodyweight abs for reps. You can still progressive overload by either adding reps or adjusting tempo
The only two things that work for me are:
- Athlean X style 7-minute daily workouts with the twisting pistons, leg raises, starfish crunches etc.
Or 3 exercises, 3 sets each, 10 to 20 reps each. Including:
- full legs-over-head raises (hardly anyone can actually do these where feet touch the bar)
- the ab roller
- rope crunches
All conteolled enough to actually feel contractions or a burn.
@@christiandenton2174 If he didn't need to add weight, he wouldn't do 25 reps.
That said, he probably wouldn't need additional weight for 10 reps with a controlled negative either.
Best channel on RUclips love Mitchell so much , learn so much from his channel and he motivates me to do better let’s go!!! ❤❤❤oh I’m a senior to , it’s never to late to get in shape 🎉
The GOAT strongman, he's not wrong abs and strength are on different ends of the spectrum. If you are lean enough to be shredded with abs, I wouldn't pick you over bulkier guys for pure power.
Guess you've never seen Mariusz Pudzianowski lol
Mitchell, the way I really crushed belly fat & got abs was HARD FOCUSED lower body(leg) work, hours in gym, taking breaks & working HARD....Hack squats, leg presses, Deadlifts, RDL'S, pendulum squats, leg extensions, hamstring curls, glute machine.....it was just AMAZING.....really, no direct ab work.....just something to try maybe (for the audience).....it really got rid of the big love handles on the back waist FAST.
He already trained his legs extensivly. This is extra
@@thor498 yea, it was in his post....(it is what I did)
@@thor498 yea, that was stated in his post....(my post was what I did....as I stated in MY post... 😉)
@@johnhora4644 You cannot target belly fat only. There's been a lot of research that shows this. The reason it seems like this is the case, is because men have a tendency to hold most of their fat in the trunk area.
@@HoHhoch please sight the research for those who are interested in what you are stating & what your possible solution to "belly fat" might encompass. My comment was not research related, it was experience related & there was "really no direct ab work" to reduce belly fat & it was "just something to try maybe" & "it got rid of the big love handles on the back waist FAST". I'm sure your comnent would be more appreciated if it were more solution based like the video Mitchell posted(which included "ab work") & the comment I posted which really had nothing to do with "ab work" but did entail exercises I did to crush "belly fat" & "love handles" without targeting "belly fat only".
That was a lot of work to put in. Thanks for the video
Bodybuilding style slow eccentric technique might have been better suited here than the fast reps focusing on the burn.
Of course that goes along with a change in exercise selection like leg raises and cable crunches instead
Yea I think the outcome would have been different@@kavishU0902
You have become one of my favorite youtubers. Good job!
Thank you for being here 🎉
I do most of the core exercises for golf and it pays dividends I.e. distance and consistency. Great reminder to balance strength with injury prevention.
Even a pro gets ab training totally wrong. You need to treat them same as your biceps or quads. 10-20reps, add weight, only 2-3x a week
Yeap systemic fatigue and over training of a muscle group will actually hinder muscle growth
Idk I do abs every day and heal just fine like with forearms and calves
Dont think a WSM needs advice on how to train or not.
@@lucasetchehe's the strongest man, not the optimally hypertrophied man
@@gasparsigma well he is a Strongman not a bodybuilder.
That first lost pound, was that from diet or just taking off your triple xl hoodie?
Props for pushing through for your viewers. I'd hate to work out like that.
I thought mItchel was wayyyyy older than 28!
that'd be the steroids lol
U know why because :
1. He is tall and big
2. He is bald
3. He have moustache
It's mainly the steroids. You don't get gains for free. He is aware of the price he is paying. Hopefully he doesn't get addicted to the sport and keep on taking them to be able to compete.
@@Lucas_Jeffrey I was literally in such shock 😳! I knew steroid ls were damaging but damn! I thought he was in his 40’s 🤦🏾♀️
@@HT3897 Yhh that definitely adds to it!
Coach Greg response video incoming. ❤🎉😂
Put the fork down and you’ll have a 6-pack 👍🏼
Hey Mitch! was there for the truck pull! I was the kid in the car!
@@PezDawg13 Do You Have The Video?
Just anecdotal proof that exercises can’t target the loss of fat in specific areas. Good stuff per usual!
Keep up the good work.
I didn't know if my guy was cockney, or from north America.
Then I saw the Maple leaf and all was understood.
Why are you training in sets of 50-100?
As far as I know the abs should respond to training just like all the other muscles that grow the best somewhere below 30 reps.
Accurate. This is more instagram influencer ab workout junk program stuff.
This is Mitchell Hooper, keep in mind. Its really easy for you or me to load up abs to where we can maintain in the "ideal" rep ranges.
Its really, really, really difficult for someone of Mitch's size and strength level to do direct ab work in this rep range.
Any ab machine he can max out and do 50+ reps on. Go back and watch these clips and realise these crazy 50 rep sets on these machines are the full stack.
For almost anything the failure point will be something else other than the core. For side bends the failure point is his grip. Failing that it will just be stabilising the weight.
I don't disagree with your overall point, its a fantastic point. But wanted to point out why the rep ranges may be higher than expected.
@@RavagerRideout for sure. He definitely needs to load up those machines with more weight to get close to failure at less reps. That being said, he also wasn’t doing a really great full range of motion and was banging them out really quickly. I think if he slowed down, he could’ve gotten more out of each exercise
@@RavagerRideout This isn't true at all, there are numerous exercises and ways to easily overload the abs, he just doesn't in this video and is doing a bunch of nonsense exercises
even with BODYWEIGHT ALONE almost nobody is capable of doing fully straightened hanging leg raises....
I’d guess that some a major contributor to how good you are at strongman (obviously it’s multi-factorial) is how not suited to something like this you are. Your waist to collarbone ratio is basically 1:1. It’s the opposite of a bodybuilding build but for strength it’s perfect
Best ab moves I've tried were all hanging, like toes-to-bar and chinup-kneeups.
But those clearly won't work well for higher volumes, especially for strongmen.
Yeah hanging leg raises are the GOAT imo. I'm guessing he probably could go all the way to the bar on them for a few reps, but as with most non-machine based resistance movements the only way to actually be good at them is to do them regularly over a long period of time.
Would love for you to, over the next month or so, pay attention to see if a potential slight increase in core muscle mass has any positive effects on your strength works
I love your approuch to this experiement. Super interesting to watch.
Thanks for including the surprised face in the thumbnail so we know that it is an exiting video.
😎
I used to do a whole ab routine after my workouts every other day and I watched ADITF of CBum probably 4 years ago now, he doesn’t train abs just makes sure to engage his core and sometimes hits the ab roller. I been doing this and my cousin who I train with still has a whole routine he has massive blocky abs that literally look like a brick wall you could flex through a beer belly while mine is much more aesthetically pleasing but I have to go on a full cut to see them compared to my cousin. Just an analysis of different ways to train your abs to people that are just starting out.
Hi Mitchell,
I just watched your video where you took on an intense abs workout challenge, incorporating numerous high-intensity abdominal exercises while maintaining your usual training regimen. The experiment clearly demonstrated that these exercises had almost no effect on reducing body fat. I’m sure you already knew this beforehand, but I think it’s fantastic that you made this video.
Your video serves as a perfect example that spot-reducing fat through targeted abs workouts is not effective. When someone tells me they need to train their abs because they've eaten too much, I'll definitely point them to your video. It clearly shows that no matter how hard you work out and how well you know the exercises, targeted fat loss just doesn't work that way.
Thank you for creating such an insightful video!
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Thank you for taking the time to watch it 😊
lol at the guy with the “sit on my face” shirt @3:52
Bro i was just about to comment that
15,600 reps which you added to your normal workouts in a month.
Inspiring
I'm going to say no
i am going to follow this as im 68 kg and have that last bit of belly fat to burn so i may as well build my abs at the same time. Great video
Don't. Not that you can't get any results that way but it's not the best way. At 68kg your abs can be visible already. Train in the 8-12 reps range, enough load so there's less than 4 reps in reserve, at least 1 day rest between sessions, 8-20 sets per week, with progressive overload. The core is just a muscle like any other, train it like you'd train your biceps/chest/back/triceps.
You can definitely see a difference navigate to inbody scan first thing in the morning on an empty stomach you would see a slightly different result
I'm genuinely SO glad for the results. I didn't want this to work, I don't want to train abs 😂
😂 I feel that
Ab wheels, declined weighted crunches and good diet will set you on the right path
just a note about the little portion of week 2 where he addresses BMI: BMI was made relative to Belgian scientist in 1830. From everything I've seen and read about BMI online, it is NOT a very trusted form of measurement anymore. The 18-24 range being healthy was put to scale, again, from a Belgian man in 1830 which is substantially different from the average body type anywhere in America or Canada today especially. Take the BMI with a grain of salt - you probably need it after that workout. Also what i've read could be wrong and I could be wrong because of it, don't trust me entirely just because I'm some dude on the internet
hey any chance you can directly share/show that entire inbody scan please?
In all fairness, the best way I found to get aesthetic abs is to grow them using Hypertrophy techniques. Was interesting to see these added to the usual million reps ideas.
Thank you, that good information!
guys neck is thicker than his head!! guys pure brute force!!!
At least you tried! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
I was kinda hoping that a light reduction diet (just 200 or 300 kcal/day deficit) was gonna be part of this experiment. I would be really curious to see what it would do over the course of 30 days ti Mitchell's physique. Maybe next time.
Abs are made in the gym, but only seen in the kitchen!
Honestly I Don't Care About Abs I Care About Being Heavy And Strong 💪🏻😏
you mean being fat?
@@PlaysOfLegends No
The hardest part about core work for me is having ab doms while trying to do other workouts.
I always lift heavy and I'm always kind 🙏💪😄
The more muscles you pack on, the higher your metabolic rate will be, so there's an indirect effect, even though it doesn't directly burn the fat off your abdominable area...
Before I watched his videos I thought Mitch Hooper had a cop stache now I can see it's more of a firehouse stache that's way more respectable
Eddie Hall often has visible abs & a fat gut at the same time, so it's definitely possible w/ certain genetics, diet & drug regimens. Although I think the main secret is having a lot of visceral fat under the abdominal muscles, so you probably wouldn't want that from a health standpoint, even if it looks impressive in a rare & strange way
Mr. Hooper, I give you lots of credit for posting the video even though gained weight after taking off your sweatshirt and doing all that work. Maybe you should have had rocks in your sweatshirt pockets for the "before" weight? I recall hearing about a study showing that ab work helps with spot reduction *if* you're in a caloric deficit and losing weight -- so maybe that's the key?
Would have been cool if you also measured strength or performance before and after to see what training your core in this manner might accomplish. (since we all knew that without intense dieting, the answer to the title of this video is "no")
Wouldnt we also account for muscle gain in abdominal muscles for trunk mass? Ab workouts are always the most tedious and slowest rewarding (besides calf workouts)
youre actually made for the youtube scene
Great content
You should work your core with resistance and the same as any other body group. Not everyday
Come on Mitch, you know the abs respond to training the same as other muscles. 5-30 reps and getting pressively stronger.
He’s trying to reveal them, not grow them
How were the strength and endurance changes after the 30 days? Has anything changed?
Your fellow Canadian JF Caron said it best... Abs just means you're not eating enough calories.
Hell Yeah 🔥🔥🔥💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Proud of you, you are a brave man😂
Would be interesting to see this done when you were not eating for a competition. Maintenance calories not bulking calories
I do appreciate this
LMAO ! Maka your back stronger and reduce pain exactly, I powerlift with a thick waist. Now that I am old in my mid-fifties, young people especially hipsters will abusively talk to me like I am an old fool. I deadlifted 500 pounds raw for a double last week at 87.5 percent day weighting 238.5 at 5'9" tall. I have no health issues because of the powerlifting, my doctors feel I will have to many issues wrong with me if I lose weight due to muscle loss. I use very heavy weights on abs. Ab crunch machine feet off the ground with the entire stack and a gym pin with 45s in the front and chrome dumbbells on top of the stack for 15-25 rep sets. I do transverse obliques, psoas, weighted knee ups, advanced side planks sometimes with kettlebells, camel hump planks weighted, Jack Lalaine (superman) pushups weighted, sometimes RDLs, and Roman chair weighted hypers. I do not expect a smaller waist from it lol. PS I have severe lumbar spinal arthritis from injuries suffered before becoming a powerlifter as a teenager but no back pain even in the morning when I get up. I rehabilitated my own back.
13:05 what is hapoening in the background?
Your inspiring
"I don't think I'm stepping on stage any time soon". Thanks for the laugh, and maybe not anytime soon, but I know you could give bodybuilding another go if you wanted to. Don't know if you're still working with Stan, but I imagine even if your not currently, you learned a ton about nutrition when you were. I'm still planning on trying to talk you into bodybuilding one more time when the strongman career is over. 😁
Noted 😂
Is the sled the best core exercise? Pushing carts was the best exercise for me.
When are you coming to Iceland to train with Hafþór?
A lesson I wish everyone could learn
I ha e been doin th same thing maintaining body weight @92kg and trying to lose body fat. Have lost 6kg of fat in 6 months n stayed at 92kg
I did a lot of core exercises in the past. Now i only do hanging windshield wipers and maybe one other twice a week or so.
But visible abs? Yeah, that‘s mostly body fat percentage and your personal body composition. Are they a goog fitness indicator? I think it‘s more important where your belly fat is. Lots of intra abdominal fat, not good. Abs with stealth technology, not so much of an issue.
For Strongman, well, you guys need mass to move mass. Your body weight being slightly higher than my bench pr and not being on the heavy side…
I’ve always known this theory to be bunk but I watched because you tortured yourself for the watch time. Thanks for the entertainment, Moose!
Aren’t you Canadian? Was unable to follow progress due to use of imperial measurements
Mitchell is already leaner than 99% of the population at 320lbs
After the challenge, are you going to continue direct core training? Do you think it's positive sides are worth it even though you experience some DOMS after it that affects your other training?
If it gets too sore even after doing the movement for a couple weeks, just do a set less. Two less if you need to. Works just the same as any other muscle. Does it recover after a day but you would really benefit from having that muscle be bigger? Add sets. Everything else ready to go again but some muscle is still super sore and won't let you train? Do fewer sets next time. It's not the most satisfying answer bc it means you'll have to find out yourself but it is the correct one.
@@MellonVegan Thank you, I do have 11 years of background in hypertrophy training so I was looking more for Mitchells personal view on it
Didnt Eddie train it directly with ab roller?
nice job , ya did it ,
5:00 it is i could see upper abs it is more visible then it was on start
Working your core everyday doesn’t make sense would think he would know this
did you change your diet or its just workout ? also did you still workout as usual '' strongman workout '' ? cool video btw
4;22-is that a seal outta water 😂
Correct! 😂
Man should really know that ab definition is not super resultant from working them out. It's primarily body fat holding *most* people back. Working out your abs isn't going to target fat around your belly.
Send a message over to Christian Thibadeaux over at T-nation about growing big, chunky ab muscles. Definitely doesn't look like these exercises or set/rep changes.
There's also visceral fat which is the most dangerous since it covers vital organs.
300% is actually quadruple since 100% is double, 200% is triple, etc
This channel is dope.
Thank you for being here!
What? You can't add enough volume to reduce visceral fat if you're in a big calorie surplus. For that you need a calorie deficit diet. And if you want *more visible* abs just train it like any other muscle - 8-12 range, low reps in reserve, enough rest time, with progressive overload. The core is just a muscle like any other.
4:13 I can almost hear the walrus sounds.
😂😂
I'm gonna train my core for 30 days too to see if I can get results
Im no strongman and was 163cm and 230lbs and i got visible abs (at least 4 the last 2 was impossible at my fat) in 3 months. Hell no i do this much work for them tho lol. Might try it. I'm 137 now so it might be easy
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Coach greg should react to this video
thanx bud,
Took me two months of fat loss to be able to see any difference in pictures. I could feel clothes fitting different earlier than that, though. 30 day transformations may disappoint you.
Have you seen Raunos abs? Its insane
4:11 LMAO
Measure fat percentage? Cooooookboooooook!!
yea sorry I dont realy get this type of content. Its like testing out broscince that you know is not true. But the title was dope.