Ab wheels meme or not

What's your opinion on ab wheels?

they're wheely effective

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10/10 workout if you do it right, work up to a full standing rollout.
If you do the same number from your knees over and over with no increase in resistance it does nothing

They're overoll a good workout to add to your routine.

want a strong lower back to do them right, make sure you keep you back perfectly straight otherwise it does fuck all

How can you progress to standing?

They really get my workout rolling off to a good start

you people should be ashamed of yourselves

Absolutely

Gave me a mild hernia.

By getting stronger.

Keep at them, add a backpack of books if you must, but after consistently doing sets of 30 I moved on to standing

I think his question was how can you literally stand and use the wheel.

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I get to work pretty quick but sometimes cars cant see me easily

Pro boxers use them. And They know a about abs workout

Been training for 4 years 2/3.5/4.5/5.25 respectively and picked up an ab wheel last week while in an empty gym at 3am

Tried to roll out once, collapsed immediately. I weigh 93kg at around 16%, 5'11

So yeah, if you can use these fucking things then your core is probably really fucking stable in dynamic movement, really humbled me and reinforced what I already knew about my mostly worthless static strength

I love them.

I've read that for progression to standing it's better to use a ramp than rolling in to a corner, that way you still get full ROM. Have never found an appropriate ramp though.

I've never tried adding weight but have just been doing kneeling 3x15 for a while now ... maybe I'll try doing some kneeling sets weighted and then some corner rollouts as a finisher.

Sometimes I feel the stress in my elbows and armpits too much, then I need to remind myself to concentrate on my ab contraction.

You just need to use it a couple of times.
First time I couldn't roll all the way out, couple of days later I did 3 full reps, then 5, 10 and 15 soon enough.

>Sometimes I feel the stress in my elbows and armpits too much, then I need to remind myself to concentrate on my ab contraction.
Your problem is you're pushing forward with your upper body instead of dropping your hips into it, I used to do the same, makes them more or less useless.