Hey HSTers
Although this is my first post, I have spent weeks if not months quietly browsing the forum and hence, I’m rather familiar with the principles, routines, exercises, diet and have started my real (by that I mean with pre-research on the principles) HST routine a while ago and I’m loving it! I have completed my 15s yesterday and since then I have gained roughly 3 kg already (6.61 lbs) so that is great progress I recon.
However, here’s the thing. I’m not clear on the abdominal area. How does this fit best into the HST principles of progressive weights. Prior to starting my HST programme I tried out several abdominal exercises that were suitable for adding weight progressively. I tried these:
Cable Lying Stability Ball Crunch
http://exrx.net/WeightE....ll.html
Cable Kneeling Crunch
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/RectusAbdominis/CBKneelingCrunch.html
and found that with both the above exercises it was difficult to maintain good technique, especially during 5s. Therefore I decided to go with the Lever Seated Crunch
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/RectusAbdominis/LVSeatedCrunch.html
but still I feel like I’m not training my abdominals optimally according to HST (also cause I it seems this exercise does not affect all abdominal areas). I tried increasing the number of sets to get some burn, but this doesn’t seem right.
Thus, to sum up, how should I do my abdominal group according to HST?
Although this is my first post, I have spent weeks if not months quietly browsing the forum and hence, I’m rather familiar with the principles, routines, exercises, diet and have started my real (by that I mean with pre-research on the principles) HST routine a while ago and I’m loving it! I have completed my 15s yesterday and since then I have gained roughly 3 kg already (6.61 lbs) so that is great progress I recon.
However, here’s the thing. I’m not clear on the abdominal area. How does this fit best into the HST principles of progressive weights. Prior to starting my HST programme I tried out several abdominal exercises that were suitable for adding weight progressively. I tried these:
Cable Lying Stability Ball Crunch
http://exrx.net/WeightE....ll.html
Cable Kneeling Crunch
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/RectusAbdominis/CBKneelingCrunch.html
and found that with both the above exercises it was difficult to maintain good technique, especially during 5s. Therefore I decided to go with the Lever Seated Crunch
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/RectusAbdominis/LVSeatedCrunch.html
but still I feel like I’m not training my abdominals optimally according to HST (also cause I it seems this exercise does not affect all abdominal areas). I tried increasing the number of sets to get some burn, but this doesn’t seem right.
Thus, to sum up, how should I do my abdominal group according to HST?