Get up from the floor. You squat and deadlift standing up, so the majority of your ab work should be standing.
These are a great way to add some stretching with slight loading to your program, or, you can add these to a long complex of Grappler movements using the bar or very light weights.
Perform these either with one or two hands, facing the grappler base or from the side as if you were at the top of the snatch.
The double bar version loads the rotation more and on this version I definitely prefer the natural rotation of the feet.
You can load these up quite heavy and this is a great way to not have to worry about balancing a barbell in front of you in an awkward
The other day in the gym, the topic of ab training for strength came up. I figured there was nobody better to ask than 1100 pound squatter Matt Wenning.
The nerves didn’t hit until I walked into the Las Vegas Sports Center for Friday night weigh-ins.
Thud! Snap! Pop, pop! These were the first sounds I heard before I felt the searing pain of two dislocated ribs.
I still get goose bumps when I think of how John Smith, two time Olympic Gold Medalist was training when I attended his intensive wrestling camps.
There is a lot of confusion on how a fighter or grappler should train. Managing their time between training in the ring / mat and in the gym (or out of the gym) becomes important.
There have been many questions with regards to the use of The Grappler & Russian Kettlebells. I am going to discuss exactly how I train my athletes (mainly grapplers & football players) with these two tools.