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hollyweed88
07-19-2009, 09:44 AM
I am having some good results using a new idea I have not tried before.
It is called the Ron Watson Isometric Ab Flexor workout. Must be named after some very smart dude.
There are 4 positions. Start by standing with your back leaning against a wall, feet flat, and shoulder width. Drape around your neck: an Isobelt, a rope, a towel, or a belt. Grab it with hands chin high. Tuck your hips forward while tensing and continue to try to tuck even more over at least ten seconds, but try for a much longer hold. When your body says enough, you will feel it cramp. You pull lightly on the belt.
Second position; back against the wall, feet flat on the floor, hands still holding each end of the belt about chin high with the elbows tucked down and in. Tense the upper abs in the same manner as you did the lower abs. Take small, quick breaths, then keep trying to tense harder and harder with each breath. When you abs cramp, you have completed the second step.
The third position: lean left shoulder on the wall, weight mostly on the left foot. The right foot is on the toes as you lift the right hip as high as possible. Point your chin over the right side obliqes, and flex as you did the last position. Do it the same length as you did position two.
The fourth position is just doing the other side. So exchange the words right with left, and follow the previous directions for step three.
Let me know if this helps you tighten up your waist as it is tightening mine.

gruntbrain
07-19-2009, 01:58 PM
Use the PB as an Ab Sling by draping it over a chinup bar; there many isometric & isotonic moves accessible to all fitness levels. As a bonus, your back gets a beneficial stretch while you freely suspended.

Andy62
07-19-2009, 04:19 PM
The following is the abflexor that has worked the best for me:







Loop the Power belt with a loop sufficient to achieve the positon described in exercise #5 contraction #1in the "user's manual" [the standing front curl].

*Now extend your arms out in front of you with the fingers of both hands interlaced.

* Place your arms through the loop and bend slightly forward.

* Generate resistance by pushing upward on the Power Belt and at the same time mentally projecting into and contracting your abdominals.


We are all different,but with this exercise I have been able to achieve the most intense abdominal contraction that I have with any exercise. I hope that it works for you.

MikeNY
07-19-2009, 06:04 PM
Holyweed ab flexors Rock the House!

gruntbrain
07-19-2009, 07:07 PM
The abs' primary function is to protect the spine so it makes sense to strengthen 'em with isometrics

John Peterson
07-19-2009, 08:26 PM
Hey Guys, and especially Ron (Hollyweed88),

Your posts make my day. Once again, we see first hand the effectiveness and adaptability of Isometric Contraction. There simply isn't any other form of exercise that I am aware of that is as effective. In fact, nothing is even close.

---John Peterson

gruntbrain
07-19-2009, 10:13 PM
Jazz up ab isometrics by introducing a stability challenge - eg perform planks while using T handles, Ab Wheels, suspension devices, ...