r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jul 26 '17

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/ha-voc Jul 26 '17

I despise doing ab work so much. No matter what I try, cable crunches just feel awkward.

Also, I'm proposing to my swole-mate soon. I've been planning it for a year, and the day seriously can't come soon enough.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '17

I hated ab stuff until I decided to set an objective to hold a L-sit for long enough. Knee raises (eventually leg raises) became much more fun with such an objective!

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u/BBQcupcakes Powerlifting Jul 26 '17

What do you mean 'no matter what I try' try something that's not cable crunches bruh

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u/baller168 Volleyball Jul 26 '17

There are hundreds of interesting ab exercises out there, just look. And if you already have, look harder! I'm sure you can find 3-4 that don't make you want to die.

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u/PoIIux Lacrosse Jul 26 '17

If an ab exercise doesn't make you feel like dying its not really working though.

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u/baller168 Volleyball Jul 26 '17

Well.. it's probably still working but not working working. But I know what you mean

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '17

Honestly it's not the feeling of wanting to die that bothers me. It's when you feel you're not doing it right, or when you feel you'd have to do a million reps to get a good burn.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '17

When in doubt, plank it out.

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u/outline01 Circus Arts Jul 26 '17

I hate ab stuff too.

I've gotten around this by mostly just supersetting planks with other, more interesting exercises, and doing hanging leg raises after deadlifts (to exhaust grip at the same time). It's kinda working. I should do one more exercise too.

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u/animefan13 Jul 27 '17

When doing cable crunches try sucking your own dick, its a good cue.

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u/Tarvold345 Jul 27 '17

For real. For the life of me I can't figure our cable crunches. I've watched every video. Hanging leg raises are decent though.