Too easy?

Ever feel like life is getting too easy or that you might be getting too strong? Perhaps a dose of reality is in store.

Those hollow rocks are rough, but you should be able to do them for a good 30 seconds to a minute. So if you can't, I suggest you work on that. If they get a bit easy, there's a solutions.

Enter the AB WHEEL:


hopefully this isn't a new image for you. It's simply a wheel with a handle as the axle.

Here's a video of how to use it, more or less.



You can really see the hollow position coming into play dynamically. As the guy move through the motion, he has to hold his abdomen really tight and pull the wheel back using upper body rather than just rolling the hips back. Notice when he demonstrates a poor execution how his belly drops and his lumbar dumps into his belly and the whole thing falls apart.

These things are dirt cheap so don't go trying to make one of your own, trust me on this.

Just make sure you have something under your knees.

Combine it with the back/hip extension supplementary work and you're looking at a pretty bulletproof mid line. Add in some grip training and some sprinting/jump-roping and you're about to go beast-mode.

Don't forget reminding your mind that life isn't too bad either. Keep the mind strong. Read "Mind Gym". If you already read it once, read it again; you probably forgot something important.

Here's a pretty decent write-up of mental strength with references from some of the worlds toughest and most resilient individuals.

(I would skip down to the part where the actual SEALs contribute.)

http://ashotofadrenaline.net/navy-seals-how-they-made-it-through-hell-week

Enjoy.