28-Days-to-Lean Meal Plan
With the right plan and the right discipline, you can get seriously shredded in just 28 days.
Read articleWhile itโs true that โabs are built in the kitchen,โ like with any muscle, abs are built in the gym, too. You still have to blast them with intense exercises to create the stimulus for growth and definition. Yet the common ab exercises guys use to target their coreโplanks, situps, stability ball crunches, etc.โleave much to be desired.
By using a barbell, however, youโll be able to easily add resistance to each core exercise and intensify your training for more hypertrophy. Also, because youโre moving a weight with your arms while keeping your torso stable, youโll attack your core from a variety of angles that are impossible with traditional core exercises. Add any of these seven best barbell core exercises to your workout and take your ab routine to the next level. Donโt be surprised if youโre painfully sore the next day.
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