The best set of workouts and exercises for the stomach is crunches on parallel bars. If you haven’t realized your dream of ripped abs even after 3-4 months of exercise, you probably haven’t used parallel bars to do crunches, period. I know you are wondering why this is not written anywhere online. Simple crunches are practiced by anyone doing ab exercises, whether it’s using sit-up bars or just lying on a mat, but I can challenge anyone, what other ab exercise stresses the entire muscle like crunches? On parallel bars yes. The honest truth is that there is no other abdominal exercise that comes close to surpassing the efficiency of the parallel bar sit-ups.

Why sit-ups on parallel bars are the best for you

Let me help you eliminate any apprehension you may have about parallel bar sit-ups. This is the only ab exercise that loads your entire body weight on your abdominal muscle, from your lower abs to your mid pack doing six packs in a few weeks, to your fullest possible extension. Imagine being able to literally stress an inflexible muscle every day to the max, set after set, and enjoy the pain; there is nothing that feels better than this.

How to Do Crunches on Parallel Bars

Warning:

• You should be prepared for severe pain in the lower abdomen for the first few days.
• Not recommended for older people
• Not recommended for those who suffer from severe arthritis.

What do you need:

• Parallel bars, either the ones used by gymnasts or the half-length ones, mounted on the wall.
• Good pair of shoes with soft tongues.
• Strong determination to flatten your stomach in 3-4 weeks

1. If you are new to this, climb up the parallel bars, hang upside down with one bar passing below your knee joints while your feet are firmly planted on the other bar.

2. It is not necessary to keep your feet close to each other. A relaxed space in the middle feels better when lifting the body.

3. You must clasp your hands behind your head before beginning to rise. Let me warn you not to raise your arms in a fully stretched position like some people do incorrectly. Swinging both arms together generates enough upward force to share a portion of the gravitational pull that you have to defy. If you don’t work against the sum of this advantageous gravity and your own body weight, you will only be fooling yourself.

4. Raise your upper body with no support or anything to hold. It is only the abdominal muscle, the small portion of your body, that is working in this moment of stagnation. It feels like it’s taking a Herculean effort to achieve.

5. Reach down to the knees and touch them with your forehead.

6. You have to do this as slowly as you can in both directions, feeling the tremendous gravity working on your muscles halfway. When a flat stomach is your only fad and when you’re in a hurry, parallel bar crunches won’t let you down unlike other ab exercises.