A solid set of abs is still at the top of many people’s ‘gym goals’, but knowing how to accomplish this can feel complicated. However, Physical Therapist and Strength Coach, Jeff Cavaliere, says it doesn’t need to be. Alongside good nutrition – which he says is critical as you’ll need a low enough body fat percentage to see your hard work – these are the only two ab exercises that you need to develop (and keep) a six-pack.
“The role of the abdominal muscles in spinal flexion is to create top-down flexion, moving the ribcage towards the pelvis and bottom-up flexion, moving the pelvis towards the ribcage.” To develop your abdominal muscles you therefore need exercises that focus on spinal flexion in this way and, luckily, there are two exercises that do just that.
