By Emily Robert Rowlands
I am often asked about Kettlebell Workouts for Abs development and Abs specific exercises which can be performed with the Kettlebell.
The answers are always really simply and yet still appear to shock people. The truth is that the Rocky films and their epic training montages have convinced us all that we have to be able to perform the Dragon flag with insane intensity
and be able to have medicine balls not only dropped onto our Abs but they also have to bounce off them.
Now for the answer... nearly every weight bearing movement involves and will exercise the Abdominal wall!
As we move into the arena of the Kettlebell we can start to look at why Kettlebell exercises may as well be your weapon of choice to sharpen the Abs. The very nature of the Kettlebell forces more stress onto your core muscles than any of its weight lifting cousins such as the Dumbbell or Barbell. This due to the cannon-ball like shape and the position of the handle - basically, the body is always in contact with the weight and the force of the weight meaning that as any exercise you perform moves along it's route of completion one muscle group takes over from another as oppose to a slight 'mid-rep' rest.
Full body Kettlebell movements such as Goblet Squat, Kettlebell Swing and the Kettlebell Clean are not only fantastic mass building exercises but they heavily involve the core muscle groups and will dramatically improve the strength and conditioning of the Abs.
You can of course, perform Abs specific movements such as Kettlebell Crunches, Kettlebell Sit-Ups and Kettlebell Hanging Leg raises but there is very little evidence to suggest this will improve the definition in your Abdominal wall.
The fact remains that as long as your body fat percentage is as low as possible then your Abs will show through. Proof of this can be found in your local swimming, any young boy with low body fat will display the 'six pac abs' physique. This is just a simple case of everyone having the Abdominal wall structure which is normally covered by a layer of Fat tissue but when we have low body fat (as many young Boys do) the Abs show through.
This basically highlights the fact that if we all do cardio and keep the diet clean to keep the body fat low, our Abs will show through with the need for Abs specific exercises.
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