How to train your abs to take hits?

aang · 11-19-2004, 04:12 AM

hi everyone, i wanted to get some feedback on how you guys train your abs? i train muay thai for a couple of years now and i wanted to strengten my abs or solar flex. the reason i'm asking is that when i get hit right in the mid section, that's the end of it for me

. any advice? thanks.

EmptyneSs · 11-19-2004, 06:44 AM

use a medicin ball. lay on ur back and drop the medicine ball on ur stomach again and again to toughen it up.

koto_ryu · 11-19-2004, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by EmptyneSs

use a medicin ball. lay on ur back and drop the medicine ball on ur stomach again and again to toughen it up.

Those are excellent for that. Also, try vaccuums. They strengthen your internal obliques and whenever you tighten up your stomach it'll be much tougher. Rocky Marciano used to do them every day and he often let his opponents punch him in his cast-iron stomach cause "it tires them out."

**Hardball** · 11-19-2004, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by aang

solar flex.

Avoid getting hit in your solar plexus because It's a "Pressure Point". Work on your blocks, parries and movement. I don't care how much you condition your abs; if you get hit in that pressure point.........it's over!!!!!

koto_ryu · 11-19-2004, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Hardball

Avoid getting hit in your solar plexus because It's a "Pressure Point". Work on your blocks, parries and movement. I don't care how much you condition your abs; if you get hit in that pressure point.........it's over!!!!!

Not if you do the vaccuums, the internal obliques will armor it up and help reduce its effectiveness a great deal.

hanuman · 11-19-2004, 12:10 PM

what are vacuums?, what are the benefits and how are they performed?

aang · 11-19-2004, 12:19 PM

koto ryu, what is the vacuum?

**Hardball** · 11-19-2004, 12:47 PM

Add me to that list. What are the vaccums and how long does it take to develop?

Rasta · 11-19-2004, 01:24 PM

Hey, I didn't know what it was either, so I did a quick google search on it...

I present to you....

THE VACUUM!!!!

Dig it... I'll definitely give this one a try.

koto_ryu · 11-19-2004, 01:25 PM

They're easy as hell to do and don't take long at all. Stand with your hands on your hips, take a deep deep breath, and bend forward while exhaling sharply. Then suck in your gut as tight as you can, raise your torso up, hold for a count of 5, and then exhale sharply, pushing your stomach out as hard as you can.

**Hardball** · 11-19-2004, 01:30 PM

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take a deep deep breath, and bend forward while exhaling sharply. Then suck in your gut as tight as you can, raise your torso up, hold for a count of 5, and then exhale sharply, pushing your stomach out as hard as you can.

Does it matter; through the nose or through the mouth?

aang · 11-19-2004, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by koto_ryu

then exhale sharply, pushing your stomach out as hard as you can.

when you say pushing your stomach out as hard as you can, meaning go back to you normal posture(really fast and hard)?

koto_ryu · 11-19-2004, 02:24 PM

I typically inhale through the nose and out the mouth, so you can get more oxygen out. As for the stomach, yeah, you want to do it hard and fast so you're throwing your gut out quickly.

koto_ryu · 11-19-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rasta

Hey, I didn't know what it was either, so I did a quick google search on it...

I present to you....

THE VACUUM!!!!

Dig it... I'll definitely give this one a try.

Good find, that'll work.

**HtTKar** · 11-20-2004, 03:47 AM

great idea. I will be doing these all the time now.

Koto, you've been doing these for a while? Can you overwork this excercise?

11-19-2004, 04:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
aang Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 4 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	How to train your abs to take hits? hi everyone, i wanted to get some feedback on how you guys train your abs? i train muay thai for a couple of years now and i wanted to strengten my abs or solar flex. the reason i'm asking is that when i get hit right in the mid section, that's the end of it for me . any advice? thanks.

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Hardball Premiere Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,404 Groans: 0 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post	Add me to that list. What are the vaccums and how long does it take to develop? __________________ The Way of the Warrior is Practice. Daily practice, accumulate practice minute by minute, hour by hour and day by day. {Book of 5 Rings} Mike Brewers 2008 Sit up challenge 50,000/100,000 running balance.(Crunches) Kicks 6,300/100,000

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Rasta Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 18 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	The Vacuum Hey, I didn't know what it was either, so I did a quick google search on it... I present to you.... THE VACUUM!!!! Dig it... I'll definitely give this one a try.

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koto_ryu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PA, USA Posts: 1,059 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	They're easy as hell to do and don't take long at all. Stand with your hands on your hips, take a deep deep breath, and bend forward while exhaling sharply. Then suck in your gut as tight as you can, raise your torso up, hold for a count of 5, and then exhale sharply, pushing your stomach out as hard as you can. __________________ KOTO RYU My favorite neg rep points earned so far: "ofeensive and inconsequent young man, should be banned!!" - Xebsball

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koto_ryu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PA, USA Posts: 1,059 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I typically inhale through the nose and out the mouth, so you can get more oxygen out. As for the stomach, yeah, you want to do it hard and fast so you're throwing your gut out quickly. __________________ KOTO RYU My favorite neg rep points earned so far: "ofeensive and inconsequent young man, should be banned!!" - Xebsball

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EmptyneSs Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cali Posts: 2,120 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	use a medicin ball. lay on ur back and drop the medicine ball on ur stomach again and again to toughen it up.

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hanuman Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 23 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	what are vacuums?, what are the benefits and how are they performed?

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aang Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 4 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	koto ryu, what is the vacuum?

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HtTKar Premiere Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Outer limits Posts: 1,089 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	great idea. I will be doing these all the time now. Koto, you've been doing these for a while? Can you overwork this excercise? __________________ "The harder you train, the harder it is to surrender" (Vince Lombardi)

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