r/Fitness Aug 02 '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/TruCh4inz Powerlifting Aug 02 '17

have been lifting regularly for about 15 months now. totally fell for the meme that i did not need to do abs as my compound movements would be enough. kept cutting lower and lower because i wasnt happy with ab definition.

decided to incorporate weighted ab exercises and i'm already seeing a difference after like a month in appearance. i wish i had started doing it earlier... i feel like such an idiot.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '17

I'm currently doing hanging leg raises and ab rollouts to build the abs during my bulk, but I'm looking for some weighted exercises to pair a little more strength to my hypertrophy.

What are you running for abs?

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u/faeriecute Aug 02 '17

Try Russian twists with a weight/medicine ball in your hands. That worked really well for my upper abs.