Josh HeverlyOnline Health & Fitness Coach & Founder at Holistic Hev

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27 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this instructional fitness video, the presenter explains that abdominal muscles grow primarily through targeted gym training rather than diet alone. He emphasizes hanging leg raises as the core movement, recommending 2–3 sets to failure a few times per week, and demonstrates an advanced leg‑kick variation and a twisted version for added difficulty. He then recommends the ab crunch machine for heavy core loading, explaining that it allows greater resistance than body‑weight moves. Finally, he adds cable rotations to provide full‑body core activation through a full‑extension, cross‑body motion. The overall message is that consistent, progressive loading with a few key movements will develop visible abs.

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Once you learn that your abs actually grow in the gym and not in the kitchen, you will actually start to see results like this. See, it's not that complicated. You just need a couple movements. Honestly, only one, which is hanging leg raises. Hit that a couple times a week till failure, 2 to 3 sets, and you'll be good. You can also add in a couple other workouts, and I'll show you how to do them right here. So what I'm showing you right here is just an advanced version of a hanging leg raise. Because I'm kicking my legs out instead of down. This is a little more advanced, but just a regular hanging leg raise or knee tucks would work perfectly fine as well. And then if you're even more advanced, you can add a little twist at the top of this. The next best workout for your abs is just a simple ab crunch machine. The reason it's so effective is because you can load up your core so much more than any other workout. You have to realize your abs are just like any other muscle. If you want them to grow, you have to load them accordingly. Lastly, I like to add some sort of rotation. Here's a cable rotation. As you can see, I'm getting full extension with my arms across my body so I can activate my whole core.