Comments on: Kneeling Cable Crunches / Cable Rope Crunches

By: Mike Huber

Mike Huber — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:19:21 +0000

Gonna give it a try. Getting kind of burned out with weighted incline sit ups and hanging leg lifts. A Good Article at the Right Time!! Thank You Mark!!

By: Saad

Saad — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:42:37 +0000

Hey Mark
I’m 15 and I read your articles on creatine since I haven’t been growing much muscle since 2 months of working out
I feel that creatine is safe ( concluding completely upon your words) 🙂
But can u please tell me what you think about optimum nutrition hydrobuilder (as main source) and OP creatine powder(loading cycle)?
And is it safe for me to go on the 0.3G/KG/D loading cycle? And how about that 3G/d for the rest of the time?? Are those cycles safe for my age? Thank you for your help

-Saad

By: krs

krs — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:30:54 +0000

Great vid Mark I was told to hyperextend the back but always gave me a sore back not abs, might lightened my load and go for a much slower controlled movement with 12-15 rep range thanks again for an indepth tutorial 🙂

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:28:11 +0000

Thanks for the vid Mark.

I tried these a while back and had trouble feeling the exercise. I’m gonna give it another go!
Before I was coming up too far and taking the tension off the abs. This caused me to loose the affect and so I added more weight, which tended to make me come up higher again and then put on even more weight in an attemept to try and feel it until I got to the point where I couldn’t do them for the weight.
I think the key to this exercise is range of movement and focus, not weight!

By: 15WeeksHacker

15WeeksHacker — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:32:34 +0000

Great excercise Mark. Appreciate theses vids alot. Currently i’m on THT4 Volume 2. Ab excercises include 2 incline bench, 2 kneeling crunches (which i will now be able to do with better form!), and 2 hanging raises. Does this workout hit the lower abdominals much or are my upper abs getting most of the workout? Cheers Mark

By: TKR

TKR — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:11:30 +0000

I’ve been having problems finding an abs exercise that works for me, they all feel very awkward. Its gotten to the point where I just skip abs every other week because whatever I try is just a waste of time. This exercise looks really funny and I’m sure everybody will turn around and stare haha but just by watching the video it might be what I’m looking for; its definitely something I haven’t tried before.

By: JaSoN

JaSoN — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:05:32 +0000

i was batteling with this one for awhile even going through the THT cycles, not realizing that i was doing this wrong, infact, my weight was progressing but my back was killing me, then a personal trainer came up to me and asked if i was training back or abs, i told him abs and he showed me the correct way to do it. it takes some getting used to after getting in the bad habbit of doing it wrong for so long but now im feeling my abs working and not my back, i also had to reset and drop down ateast half the weight as my back was helping in doing all the work, i also try and keep my ass on my heals throught out the movement but watching you vid, im comming up to far, must just remember its a short movement and to exhale all the way down and really contract those abs…practice makes perfect.
thanks bro.

By: John A Davis

John A Davis — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:52:27 +0000

So now I now the rest of the story.
Thank you

By: Lourcey

Lourcey — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:37:16 +0000

Glad you made this video! I could never figure this exercise out. Usually the cables are pretty open in my gym, but is it more effective than an ab machine?
Also what sort of rep range? 12-16? And are we failing?
Thanks Mark!

By: Adam Weichel

Adam Weichel — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:09:47 +0000

I’m a huge fan of this exact exercise for abs, and I rotate it through my cycles as one of a few that I use. A great, great article Mark. Well done. The video’s great too – it’s clear and it shows exactly what everyone needs to see.

Cheers bud!

By: Jarrett

Jarrett — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:03:14 +0000

I’m a big fan of the ab crunch machine which I do on my workout day and hit the ab roller every other day. Looks like it’s working 🙂 I can definitely say that Mark’s 6 Pack Abs program works like a charm, as well, having used it myself.

Mark, do you think you’ll do an e-book on the program you made a year or so ago? It’s the once every 4-6 day workout program (depending on the person’s healing time) that me and 100 or so others tried for a month. I’m still doing it and love it! No big plateaus yet, either, which is surprising. I’d love to recommend it to friends who don’t have the patience or motivation to hit the gym 3 or 4 times a week. I’m betting people would even pay for that info.

By: Zac

Zac — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:52:11 +0000

Mark, I have never even tried this exercise. But tomorrow is Abs night and I will be practicing this from now on. It looks good. Thanks