Mountain climber
This exercise is only suitable for advanced athletes, as it requires previous experience and a certain level of skill. The starting position is the push-up, from which the right and left leg are alternately pulled sideways towards the upper body. This exercise primarily trains the abdominal muscles, but in combination with push-ups it can also be done as a total body workout, as it involves almost all the major muscle groups.
Further exercises for advanced learners
The exercises on the page Washboard stomach exercises can be performed 80% of the time from home. Choose 2 exercises each from the lower, oblique and straight abdominal muscles and do them every 2 days. The corresponding pictures give you an impression of the execution of each exercise.
Summary
General guidelines for training the abdominal muscles include the number of weekly sessions. Between two and three training sessions a week are recommended in order to avoid overloading the muscles and to give them enough time to regenerate. After a certain time, boredom can creep in during training.
To counteract this, you should make sure that your training schedule is varied and that you keep setting new stimuli. You should also keep in mind that you do not only train the abdominal muscles, but also the opponent muscles (back muscles). In addition to training, a balanced and healthy diet is one of the basic building blocks for successful abdominal training. Author of this article is Mario Habersack
