Exercise of the Week: The 6-Pack Abs Push-up

The exercise of the week is the Sliding 1-Arm Push-up Variation (or the Valslide Push-up):

This was one of the pushing exercises in the Month 2 Bootcamp Automator workouts and it quickly became a camper favorite because of it’s unique ability to make you feel your abs for days after performing the exercise.

Please be sure to adhere to the provided progressions to best prevent any unwanted injury as the Level III variation is EXTREMELY advanced!!

If you want to take this exercise to Level IV and Beyond, simply place your support hand and/or foot onto an unstable surface like a stability disc, airex pad, or sofa cushion.

You can also employ a slower tempo to increase the challenge, such as a 3-1-X tempo which calls for you to lower for 3 seconds, pause for 1 second at the bottom of the movement, and then explode up. Performing this exercise slower eliminates the use of elastic energy in your muscles and tendons which makes your muscles work much harder!

Get some ;)

Crank it!
BJ

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5 Responses to “Exercise of the Week: The 6-Pack Abs Push-up”

  1. Nate says:

    Good exercise for sure! It tears up the core big time.

  2. florin says:

    what exercise? I see the page is empty ….

  3. Sinisa says:

    Damn it, how do you do that if your palms start sweating. I’ll try with socks or some thin gloves. Great exercise though, very difficult. I saw these done by ppl training parkoure (french yamakasi, the ppl jumping off rooftops and handling any urban obstacle)

  4. Kristy says:

    Love the third variation. That’s my next progression. You can also do pushups by taking the hand on the valslide out to the side rather than forward. I like to alternate between sliding the hand forward and then sliding the hand out to the side. Complete all reps then switch sides.

  5. Julie says:

    Oh the spiderman variation is so badass! Love it. Thanks!

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