This is abs ,dude. Core exercises are about stabilising and strengthening from the core( neck to knees). Mostly it's holding positions or bracing the core and moving the outer parts.
I focused on my breathing more today during my ab routine and WOW what a difference it makes actually engaging more mentally and focusing on the breathing! I did half as many reps, but felt my abdominals working that much more. Thanks for sharing the advice!
Great videos man. Can you add the list of exercises to the notes section so we can reference them when at the gym? I keep needed to go back to the vid for reference. Thanks!
As someone with general lack of strength in my arms, the arm straps idea sounds like heaven sent. I have ordered one asap! Can't wait to give it a go and see how I get on... Thank you 🙂
Kudos invaluable advice, you are the first to emphasize on proper breathing & correct techniques I've ever seem on any RUclips fitness channel. After watching your videos I realized I've been going about my abs workout all wrong, you are a life saver. Now I can train my abs like it suppose to be trained, thank you so much.
You have a very refined level of articulation, not just from your birthplace, but your conservative and liberated too, you are probably one of the most perfect examples of what bodybuilders used to aspire to. Grace, charm and the presence of a champion. You have such a fluid movement and yet you are statuesque and built very wide and big. It is amazing to witness the bodybuilding lifestyle transform again, into a brand, a blog and a beacon for others. Gone are the days of cable television when you were lucky if you caught a random bodybuilding segment, or tried to block out the Soloflex commercials. I think what maybe folks don't realize is, you begin to really find yourself, when you workout, accelerate and expand your fitness horizons. They don't realize yet, what that feeling is, when you look in the mirror and your face is chiseled, your muscles have grown into an attractive frame, and the brain falls slightly more in love with it's body, thus we love ourselves more, we are more attractive than we ever were, and everything changes. I smile and hope to motivate the guys at the gym, just starting, looking for themselves in the mirror. You must find the quiet subconscious ones, and let them know how long it took you to become as accomplished as you are. It takes years and years, and they just have to keep feeling happy and healthy and motivated. I like your shorts and your clothing line is very nice. You should be so proud of yourself. I am going to the gym now, I will try your hanging ab crunch routine
Thank you so much for all these video's Mike! Ive been going to the gym since the start of 2018 (Within 2 and half months) and I have never seen this much improvement in my life! - ALL Thanks to doing exercises the correct way you have shown. You really are an inspiration
great video Mike, as are all the ones I have seen so far. For me (a 77 year old with chronic ischemia) who goes to the “gym” three days a week, knowing the I am lucky to be able to manage that, I still find your videos inspiring and extremely well executed. Well done, keep up the good work. Big Al, 5ft, 6.
Im 49 and trained from i was 16. When the net started up away in 1995 i looked for bodybuilding tips and seen some good advice and many more keyboard clowns. Mike is gor me the best sound advice and tips im using in the gym and wow what a difference and its helped my form so much. Thanks Mike Thurston your the real deal.
Regarding back strengthening exercises. I use to suffer from lower middle back pain and it got so bad that my GP referred me to hospital to be shown exercises to help me strengthen it. I have incorporated these into my routine and have not had any major problems there since - and that was easily 20+ years ago! I perform these at the end of my workout and what I call, in my progress book, 'Stretching & Toning'.
Thanks Mighty Mike! I was doing many of the mistakes you showed in your Common Ab Mistakes video. Appreciate your content Mate! All the Best & most Success Sir!
Thanks for the video! I just started at the gym and working on abs is kind of difficulty and breathing is super important and realized it actully strains my back when i dont breath right.
This is possibly one of the best fitness videos i’ve seen. Normally i’m able to identify a lot of mistakes I make in the gym. But watching this has made me realise i’ve been doing almost all my ab workouts completely wrong for like 6 months +, actual live saving vid right here.
Thank you so much you have been Very honest in sharing your workout and your tips, i use the ball but keep my arms on the floor but now i want to try on the step too. Thank you
With the ropes Ive learned to let reverse gravity take the pressure of the hip flexors (you might need to increase the weight) and not to tense your arms so much. With these to discoveries my spine feels like it’s floating and my abs feel like they have to control the direction of floating. Thanks Mike. Your non-ego attitude makes you an attractive teacher, I’m sure.
Mike, to fix your transverse rotation to your lumbar & thoracic parts of your spine and not to your hips. from your normal standing position, plant your heals and turn your feet so your big toes of your left and right feet are closer to each other than your heals, making your slightly knock-kneed. this will lock your hips in place but allow your spin to twist, so that you can focuse more on you core. thats a trick taught to me by a trainer at Premier when I trained as a PT. L3 missing these sorts of videos now your in Dubai
With the exercise where you are in a plank position, rolling the stability ball in, and your hands are propped on the bench, is there a difference between having your hands on the floor, compared to being on the bench? The exercise is around the 9:00 - 9:55 section. Thanks and great videos BTW.
I don't usually like, or share many you tubers videos because it feels like an endorsement, but people like Mike who are genuine with their information and really want to make information available for everybody deserve as much exposure as possible in anyway. I really hope he continues making videos, as I have been following them for almost 1 month now, and for the first time in my life my chest notably has started to get more defined due to his gym mistakes videos supplemented with the routines he advises. I really hope mikes channel continue to grow and prosper, because this man's advice is dumbed down from the nutrition to the workouts. Doesn't get any more idiot proof than this.
Very useful and thanks for advice and tips. Regarding chin-ups and pull-ups: I always use the padded seat to rest my knees on as when I was doing them without the seat, my lower body was swinging far too much - like a pendulum. I've noticed that many people cross their legs over their heels if that makes sense and wonder what the effect of this has.
It's difficult to tell if this guy is a fake natty or has insane genetics? There is a picture of him aged 10 and he looks jacked!! This leads me to believe that he is natural and has extremely good genes? Most of us may not achieve his results due to our genetic limitations but we can still strive to be the best we can be.
In youre version of the decline crunch the hip flexors are the muscles getting worked dynamically and your abs isometrically, since dynamic ab training requires spinal flexion, and for a full range of motion in the eccentric phase, spinal extension. Too much spinal flexion and extension is horrible for the discs though, but i just wanted to point out that it's still your hipflexors doing the work.
Loving your videos Mike, great work and good to see you gaining in my local gym too. I wonder if you could list your exercises in the notes below your SM links? Would be handy for notes. Cheers and keep up the good work!
Really awesome channel Im getting back into shape all your information is so useful just phenominal...Great stuff and the travel vlogs are really cool..
Hey Mike, just wondering are you only doing one set for each of these exercises or 3-4 for each? I feel like with that many sets apiece it would take a lot longer than 30-40 minutes, but I could be resting too long. Love your content man, super informative and matter-of-fact, keep doing what you do and thanks for all the help!
Guy on the bike in the back at 3:04 just remembered summer is a month away.
Daniel Meikleth impossible to finish it in a month 😀
Daniel Meikleth 😂😂😂😂😂
Genius he's peddling so fast he surely can't be getting a good workout! Whack up the resistance boy work those legs!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂-noticed him too
8:24 that guy at the back left is about to fly with his wings
lmfao i was thinking the same thing😂😂
ahahaha so much momentum, the guy is even engaging his toes
he is using his butt also
I think he's just happy, that's why he's dancing.
LOOOOOL
finally a youtuber who has diff core workouts . props brah
Hey, Vineeth, I'm looking for some honest feedback could you help me out. ruclips.net/video/0ItCeziNuD8/видео.html
This is abs ,dude. Core exercises are about stabilising and strengthening from the core( neck to knees). Mostly it's holding positions or bracing the core and moving the outer parts.
I focused on my breathing more today during my ab routine and WOW what a difference it makes actually engaging more mentally and focusing on the breathing! I did half as many reps, but felt my abdominals working that much more. Thanks for sharing the advice!
Great videos man. Can you add the list of exercises to the notes section so we can reference them when at the gym? I keep needed to go back to the vid for reference. Thanks!
As someone with general lack of strength in my arms, the arm straps idea sounds like heaven sent. I have ordered one asap! Can't wait to give it a go and see how I get on... Thank you 🙂
Kudos invaluable advice, you are the first to emphasize on proper breathing & correct techniques I've ever seem on any RUclips fitness channel. After watching your videos I realized I've been going about my abs workout all wrong, you are a life saver. Now I can train my abs like it suppose to be trained, thank you so much.
You have a very refined level of articulation, not just from your birthplace, but your conservative and liberated too, you are probably one of the most perfect examples of what bodybuilders used to aspire to. Grace, charm and the presence of a champion. You have such a fluid movement and yet you are statuesque and built very wide and big. It is amazing to witness the bodybuilding lifestyle transform again, into a brand, a blog and a beacon for others. Gone are the days of cable television when you were lucky if you caught a random bodybuilding segment, or tried to block out the Soloflex commercials. I think what maybe folks don't realize is, you begin to really find yourself, when you workout, accelerate and expand your fitness horizons. They don't realize yet, what that feeling is, when you look in the mirror and your face is chiseled, your muscles have grown into an attractive frame, and the brain falls slightly more in love with it's body, thus we love ourselves more, we are more attractive than we ever were, and everything changes. I smile and hope to motivate the guys at the gym, just starting, looking for themselves in the mirror. You must find the quiet subconscious ones, and let them know how long it took you to become as accomplished as you are. It takes years and years, and they just have to keep feeling happy and healthy and motivated. I like your shorts and your clothing line is very nice. You should be so proud of yourself. I am going to the gym now, I will try your hanging ab crunch routine
Haha chill out mate jeeez😂
As always, brilliant instructional video with exercises people can actually do! Keep it up.
Best fitness RUclips channel out right now. Nothing but great advice and no bullshit. Keep it up! I'm pumped for the lower back video
Thank you so much for all these video's Mike! Ive been going to the gym since the start of 2018 (Within 2 and half months) and I have never seen this much improvement in my life! - ALL Thanks to doing exercises the correct way you have shown. You really are an inspiration
great video Mike, as are all the ones I have seen so far.
For me (a 77 year old with chronic ischemia) who goes to the “gym” three days a week, knowing the I am lucky to be able to manage that, I still find your videos inspiring and extremely well executed.
Well done, keep up the good work.
Big Al, 5ft, 6.
Im 49 and trained from i was 16. When the net started up away in 1995 i looked for bodybuilding tips and seen some good advice and many more keyboard clowns.
Mike is gor me the best sound advice and tips im using in the gym and wow what a difference and its helped my form so much.
Thanks Mike Thurston your the real deal.
A maintenance video would be nice. After bulk and cut, what do you do to maintain what you have? Changes? Nutrition?
Thanks!
Best guy on the net for training tips.i was a old school bodybuilder you have changed my way of training. keep up the good work Mike
Thanks for these tips, Mike! Will be doing some of these on my ab workout later today.
His voice reminds me of Coldplay singer Chris Martins'.
Really enjoyed your exercises especially the way that you display that every rep should be constant and i a slow manner
Mike is very knowledgable when it come to working out. Keep it going man.
Regarding back strengthening exercises. I use to suffer from lower middle back pain and it got so bad that my GP referred me to hospital to be shown exercises to help me strengthen it. I have incorporated these into my routine and have not had any major problems there since - and that was easily 20+ years ago! I perform these at the end of my workout and what I call, in my progress book, 'Stretching & Toning'.
Thanks Mighty Mike! I was doing many of the mistakes you showed in your Common Ab Mistakes video. Appreciate your content Mate! All the Best & most Success Sir!
Great video, the breathing instructions are exactly what I’ve been looking for. Like
who the fuck dislikes these videos... what he is sharing is priceless... Mike is the best! No BS No hidden agendas.. Real as you can get!
excellent & timely video I can incorporate into my core workout. Good work Thurston, keep videos coming.
Thanks for the video! I just started at the gym and working on abs is kind of difficulty and breathing is super important and realized it actully strains my back when i dont breath right.
Some of the best advice ive heard on youtube . Thanks Mike .
This is possibly one of the best fitness videos i’ve seen. Normally i’m able to identify a lot of mistakes I make in the gym. But watching this has made me realise i’ve been doing almost all my ab workouts completely wrong for like 6 months +, actual live saving vid right here.
Thank you so much you have been Very honest in sharing your workout and your tips, i use the ball but keep my arms on the floor but now i want to try on the step too. Thank you
Fantastic bro!
Thank you for share!
From Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷
Girl at the back at 5:45 just about snapped her spine
Deffo need that lower back vid continuously getting back injuries looking forward to it
I just discovered your videos and love them! This is what i have been looking for. Thank you
Thanjs, Mike, from the USA; you’re great!
The dopest ab workout video I’ve came across!!!
Thanks Mike, very helpful exercises
With the ropes Ive learned to let reverse gravity take the pressure of the hip flexors (you might need to increase the weight) and not to tense your arms so much. With these to discoveries my spine feels like it’s floating and my abs feel like they have to control the direction of floating.
Thanks Mike. Your non-ego attitude makes you an attractive teacher, I’m sure.
Brother All Your Exercise Looks Good, Because You Do not Defect Inefficient Time Explains Exercise I love u,r all exercise nd u,r great sir💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
Thank you a lot dude. Awesome tips insane gains. Looking forward trying your exercises!
The Teacher , The Leader , The Motivator and The Best in Fitness Industry (my opinion).
A nice tidy gym. Not at all like the mess I train in.
Great videos too, Mike.
Awesome! Wanna try this.
Just subscribed from Australia bro, Your vids are awesome brother, keep them coming. Currently smashing my abs doing these exercises right now
I cant stop watching your videos man, deserves more subs!! keep it up
Superset hanging leg raises with rope crunch the burn in the abs is stupendous
Excellent, Mike. Very didactic!. Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes from Salamanca, SPAIN!!!.
I will do this today!❤
Mike, to fix your transverse rotation to your lumbar & thoracic parts of your spine and not to your hips.
from your normal standing position, plant your heals and turn your feet so your big toes of your left and right feet are closer to each other than your heals, making your slightly knock-kneed.
this will lock your hips in place but allow your spin to twist, so that you can focuse more on you core.
thats a trick taught to me by a trainer at Premier when I trained as a PT. L3
missing these sorts of videos now your in Dubai
Awesome .. Keeping it real. Lets talk nutrition or best cycles for cutting
Great video's. I like a lot of your exercises. thx 👍
I thought there were some great tips in this video; enjoyed watching. Thumbs-up.
Fantastic. thanks for the clear and concise info
With the exercise where you are in a plank position, rolling the stability ball in, and your hands are propped on the bench, is there a difference between having your hands on the floor, compared to being on the bench? The exercise is around the 9:00 - 9:55 section. Thanks and great videos BTW.
I don't usually like, or share many you tubers videos because it feels like an endorsement, but people like Mike who are genuine with their information and really want to make information available for everybody deserve as much exposure as possible in anyway. I really hope he continues making videos, as I have been following them for almost 1 month now, and for the first time in my life my chest notably has started to get more defined due to his gym mistakes videos supplemented with the routines he advises. I really hope mikes channel continue to grow and prosper, because this man's advice is dumbed down from the nutrition to the workouts. Doesn't get any more idiot proof than this.
Thanks!! This will help a lot for the foundation of my abs.
Great video Mike , thank you
Damn dude, your channel is growing like crazy... and you deserve it! Keep up the good work!
Great video Mike!
your videos are great thank you so much really helping me in the gym
best ab exercises i have ever seen
Love the xzibit beat in the back ground
This channel is fire so glad I stumbled in here
Nice one again! 🤓 Will share it soon!
Very useful and thanks for advice and tips. Regarding chin-ups and pull-ups: I always use the padded seat to rest my knees on as when I was doing them without the seat, my lower body was swinging far too much - like a pendulum. I've noticed that many people cross their legs over their heels if that makes sense and wonder what the effect of this has.
Thanks for this video!!
How many sets do you normally do with these exercises?
Thanks for the video. Really helpful
Thank you
Love the info , especially on the breathing , make a lot more sense, I must admit I kinda had my breathing the opposite way , thanks mike
I'm sure you hear this all the time: but you are amazing. Very happy to have subscribed
nice work Mike !! no pain no gain bro !!
damn Mike, the best fitness information on your channel! keep it up man
Hey, Shihab, I'm looking for some honest feedback could you help me out. ruclips.net/video/0ItCeziNuD8/видео.html
THANK YOU Im glad ive been doing stuff right I have a bench also
love how he explains the science behind working out. much appreciated.
you're the go-to guy now for proper workout videos
You deserve more subs man, love ya videos 😄..
Edit: Every detailed information about each of the workout are well explained. ♡
Your videos are so awesome. Keep it up!
Very good advice
that dude at 4:44 hair cut straight out of a 90s football team.
Mike, when are you going to drop the video regarding strengthening the lower back?
New to your channel and I find it very helpful great videos
It's difficult to tell if this guy is a fake natty or has insane genetics? There is a picture of him aged 10 and he looks jacked!! This leads me to believe that he is natural and has extremely good genes? Most of us may not achieve his results due to our genetic limitations but we can still strive to be the best we can be.
He hasn't claimed being natty
Or training for ten years with on point nutrition.
I'd be ok with looking 1/4 of what he looks like
@@rasmustikka1505 yes he has. He replied to someone's comment in one of his videos.
@@rogerpatterson3422 It is possible 100%.
Great video! Can you tell us how did you build those lower back muscles ,they look unreal !
Thanks bro! Good stuff!
In youre version of the decline crunch the hip flexors are the muscles getting worked dynamically and your abs isometrically, since dynamic ab training requires spinal flexion, and for a full range of motion in the eccentric phase, spinal extension.
Too much spinal flexion and extension is horrible for the discs though, but i just wanted to point out that it's still your hipflexors doing the work.
Mike can do a video for us cardio generation people for the lower body and core? As you get older stretching is crucial
Loving your videos Mike, great work and good to see you gaining in my local gym too. I wonder if you could list your exercises in the notes below your SM links? Would be handy for notes. Cheers and keep up the good work!
Really awesome channel Im getting back into shape all your information is so useful just phenominal...Great stuff and the travel vlogs are really cool..
Backs insane bro!
Jeeze, the cadence of the guy on the bike in the background at 3:05 is insane!
Hey Mike, just wondering are you only doing one set for each of these exercises or 3-4 for each? I feel like with that many sets apiece it would take a lot longer than 30-40 minutes, but I could be resting too long. Love your content man, super informative and matter-of-fact, keep doing what you do and thanks for all the help!
Thanks for this very informative video however you need to make another video about oblique workout, I ll be looking forward to it.
Ngl this boy posts sick workouts 💯
I felt my abs like never before... got to know that to avoid hip flexors are a must in core traning
Like the no-nonsense approach. Keep it up (and do the lower back video soon please!) Very useful site IMHO.
Thank you for your videos! They are really helpful :)
cool. thanks!
POWER!
Hi, great video. Where did you get the arm straps and is arm straps their correct name.
3:12 speedy in thr background 😂😂
yess