Alongside the other basic calisthenics exercises like push-ups, pull-ups & squats, do all 4 of these build muscle alongside regular cardio & healthy diet?Or should crunches be substituted with something else?
>>77261332Crunches build psoas. Avoid at all costs.
>>77261332Besides muscle building, do they all contribute to muscle visibility?
>>77261332Just buy weights and stop trying to cheapskate your way out. It's hard enough to get huge even when you go all-out on time and cost, I can't imagine trying to take half measures like not buying equipment and still expecting good gains.
>>77261352I don't want to get huge. I can't afford to go to the gym or buy weights.
>>77261358Bruh most gyms are like $30 a month and some are even cheaper
>>77261379I'm not working anon. I'd rather save my money for something else.
>>77261383You're going to be spending at least $100 a month if not more on additional protein if you're serious about fitness. It's not super duper expensive. It's not like you're saving up for college or a sports car. You need to be willing to spend a little bit.To answer your original question:Crunches work out upper abs. Also unless you do weighted crunches it won't get you far.Push-ups are like a baby step introduction to bench press.Pull ups are actually fine since you're going to be pulling up 150-200 pounds which is actually decent weight but even then you will eventually need to add weights.Squats without weights are a joke.Maybe if your goal is to burn fat you can just do 100 squats and hit your goal, but if you want muscles, you need weights.
>>77261394>upper absNo such thing you utter faggot. Your abs are one compact muscle + obliques
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>>77261332exercises that don't require a lot of effort are most likely worthlesscrunches are too easyyou have to do over 100 of them to feel your abs being exercisedit's a very inefficient exercise
>>77261542What are the most efficient ab exercises?
If you want good abs then do hanging weighted straight leg raises and circular motions and dolphin kick with fins in the pool.
>>77261545hanging leg raises with weights on your legs
>>77261332I don't really "follow" as any fitness influencer per se, like read all their posts and keep up to date. But one that I'll watch a video here and there is fitnessFAQs. And frankly it's just years of good information, like, this guy's channel when it comes to form and good advice is bar none the best. Combine this with Lyle McDicks and fitness is a solved issue. That being said, a couple of weeks back he posted a vid on dragon flags. I used to be able to do them, so I watched out of curiosity. Blew my fucking mind. Doing tucked dragon flags as a progression was a stroke of genius. I am an engineer, I know how levers work, this should of been obvious to me but I guess I can't see the forest through the trees. Anyway, I can do 8 reps at one leg, goated ab exercise. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-aBz-rSonc
if you want abs just do weighted crunches
>>77261549https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q7dUmiTCRMk?feature=share
>kills your lower backtry leg raises and L-sit hang/hold or L-sit pullups
>>77263186>grab short powerband and place it on your feet, do pictured but try going as high as possible with knee with full lumbar flexion, it's psoas that you "pulled", it wasn't pulled it was cramped out (cause u kept your lumbar spine extended to brim and presumably braced as well), this exercise restores it's function, BREATHE while your doing itthis does abs - picture, except like i said: as much lumbar flexion as you can musterthis also does abs:>>77263077 #>drag or attempt to drag your your torso laying with back flat to floor (flexed lumbar) pulling yourself (rubber shoes required) it's gastrocnemiusif u just establish tension in legs and pull torso and lift upper back it's abs, i like to place folded blanket under ribcage to allow for more lumbar flexion and raise arms overhead to relax lats - lats and psoas combo does ALL the supposed abs motions, by raising arms overhead in external shoulder rotation and keeping shoulders loose u switch em offand yes you will get gastrocnemius and glute max as well>>77261337>Crunches build psoas. Avoid at all costs.No bot, build it nice and big and healthy, just don't cramp it out with"abs" exercises, the pain i low back during situps is psoas ripped apart by lats while cramped out
>>77263212>>>77263186 #>>grab short powerband and place it on your feet, do pictured but try going as high as possible with knee with full lumbar flexion, it's psoas that you "pulled", it wasn't pulled it was cramped out (cause u kept your lumbar spine extended to brim and presumably braced as well), this exercise restores it's function, BREATHE while your doing it>this does abs - picture, except like i said: as much lumbar flexion as you can muster>this also does abs:>>>77263077 # #>>drag or attempt to drag your your torso laying with back flat to floor (flexed lumbar) pulling yourself (rubber shoes required) it's gastrocnemius>if u just establish tension in legs and pull torso and lift upper back it's abs, i like to place folded blanket under ribcage to allow for more lumbar flexion and raise arms overhead to relax lats - lats and psoas combo does ALL the supposed abs motions, by raising arms overhead in external shoulder rotation and keeping shoulders loose u switch em off>and yes you will get gastrocnemius and glute max as well>>>77261337 #>>Crunches build psoas. Avoid at all costs.>No bot, build it nice and big and healthy, just don't cramp it out with"abs" exercises, the pain i low back during situps is psoas ripped apart by lats while crampedswhy people yank on their heads doing situps - opposition to lats in shoulder/scaps gave out
I swear you cunts make these threads daily to bait this retard out.
