Bruce Lee’s Abs
Bruce Lee is known for his incredible abs. I’m not talking about his ripped to shreds 6-pack, but his insane core power.
One of his biographers, Mito Uyehara, said:
“Bruce always felt that if your stomach was not developed, then you had no business doing any hard sparring.”
No doubt. Someone who didn’t have good abs would get served.
Therefore, Bruce was definitely a fanatic about ab training. I read that he would constantly train his abs throughout the day because it was so critical to do so.
And he’s right. No matter what you do, you’ve got to have strong abs. And you’ve got to train them correctly.
But the good news is that you don’t need to train your abs for long periods of time. Gymnasts don’t, and they have the strongest abs of all.
Gymnasts don’t have the time to spend hours on ab training. They’re too busy training skills. So, they need to get the biggest bang for the buck with the most effective movement and technique.
The skills they perform require such strength, explosiveness, precision and finesse that they wouldn’t be able to do what they do without supreme ab development. Or worse, they’d break in half if something went wrong. Their abs are not just for function but for safety. It makes them more bullet-proof.
And that’s why training abs like a gymnast is the best way to train the abs, especially if you’re a martial artist. Gymnasts have a huge advantage when starting martial arts.
It’s not just that they’re great athletes who have super strength, it has a lot to do with their phenomenal ab strength that enables them to hit, kick and grapple better than most.
For more information of how you can get the best abs for fighting or any other activity, check out Gymnastic Abs.
All the best,
Eddie Baran
