Random Fitness Questions

Planks and situps work the rectus abd.

But this minutia is not something you need to focus on for your level of experience. Focus on those compounds I mentioned and you’ll get better results.

So you were confused because the below was two separate related sentences, instead of a single sentence with a comma. I'm sorry but that's pretty ridiculous.

The exercise does target the transverse abs. I don't how to make that less confusing for you.

But I see now you are focusing on lower abs. There is no lower ab muscle. It's an area of a single muscle. Maybe stop obsesing over youtubers who just want clicks

They're charlatans.

Okay, sure.

Video 1: Leg raises do work. It's not really up for debate. He's trying to make himself sound like an authority by being a contrarian.

Video 2: Athlean X is a grifter. He, like the above guy, likes to demonise certain exercises (with no evidence to support his position) and then tell you other ones are magic or 'functional'.If you follow his channel for long enough you'll notice he actually directly contradicts himself when he starts running out of content. Him being ripped does not mean that his information is accurate or in your best interest.

The easiest way to sell someone something is to create a problem that doesn't exist, and then sell them the solution. How well your ab training is targeting your transverse abdominus is not an actual problem for anyone but advanced trainees. The vast majority of people get abs by doing a full body strength programme with a sprinkling of ab work. Oh and do that consistently for months/years with good sleep/nutrition. Doesn't make for a great YouTube thumbnail.

We've tried to tell you this in the interest of helping you, but you've instead ignored us and just continued to ask the same question until you get the answer you want.

You are going to get really easily fed bullshit and end up spinning your wheels if this is how you assess who's an authority online.

I teach clients to tuck their pelvis on hanging leg and knee raises because yes, it does increase the work on the abs. That's not the same thing as saying leg raises don't work.

You're moving the goal posts from 'is this useful advice' to 'will it directly stop someone from exercising' ? This is a sign you don't want your mind changed so I'm not going to try.

I get that you're confused, but at a certain point you need to just pick a source of information and run with it long enough to make your own mind up. It sounds like you inherently want to believe the likes of Athlean, so maybe you need to dive balls in and stop asking for a certainty you simply won't get in fitness.

That study doesn't show that lower abs grow more. It was studying innervation l signals not growth. And its quite vague in terms methodology, results, etc.

There a much more detailed study from McGill. That shows when you control for muscle length, rom. There not a significance difference.

And most importantly none of that has any effect oc burning belly fat.

Yes. The first point is well documented. He was exposed for using fake weights in his videos.

The second point common sense.

No idea what you are asking here.

I pretty clearly only said definition was due to his bf% . The hollow look is separate, but has nothing to do with his rectus abdominus, or activating the lower section.

The core being compressed is the transverse abdominis - as I told you a month ago. And as I also said, It can be trained, but not with that leg raise exercise you posted. Look at bodybuilders posing on stage

You’ve ignored every piece of advice you been given. Do you honestly expect people to keep wasting their time trying to help you?

LMFAO I don’t know what’s worse, the fact you are attempting this pedantry, or the fact you are not even correct.

A full stop is perfectly fine there. They are two separate sentences. In that context “that” is a pronoun not a conjunction - It’s a substitute for the study. Which requires a comma, not that.

Regardless, I don’t for a second believe that the full stop meant you didn’t understand the sentences. But much more important to focus on minute grammar than actually training.

I said above left the ‘s off accidentally. I reply on my phone, it’s not ideal. But you getting distracted as usual. You under the point, why are you getting sidetracked by a typos?

It’s not going to help up improve your abs workout that you’re obsessing over. But feel free to continue to be sidetracked by minutia, youtube, and grammar. The rest of us will at the gym.