Bullet Proof Abs
Table of Contents
Part I
How to Truly Isolate Your
Abs-for Faster, More Effective Results..Page 9
The three essentials of a perfect abs
exercise..why crunches can't and don't work..why the current ab machines fail to deliver
on their promise.. the Law of Irradiation.. Professor Janda's breakthrough discovery..how
the Janda situp strengthens and tones your abs in the quickest, most efficient manner..the
Law of Reciprocal Inhibition..how the Ab Pavelizer minimizes irradiation and maximizes
abdominal strength..how to optimize your results with a graduated program and achieve the
abs of a world class athlete.
Part II
Integration: How to
Turn Your Abs into Team Players-and Skyrocket Your Athletic Potential ..Page 27
A two-step program: from training the muscles
to training the movement.. the Russian Ballet Leg Thrust for a stable spine and corrugated
abs..the right way to do situps..how to test if you are ready to do situps.. the dangers
of adaptive shortening..Laputin's highly effective variation of the straight-legged
situp.. Scissor Situps-using a martial arts secret for an extra edge in abs strength..how
the Swiss Ball Crunch uses extreme stretching to transform the worthless crunch into a
thing of pure evil..a brutal love handle muscle workout..hell-on-a-wheel with the
jackknife pushup.. Yananis and the killer Spetsnaz special-a one arm-one leg jackknife..
abdominal pushups for core strength and back stability..Bruce Lee's Dragon Flag.
Part III
How to Brutalize the
Obliques and Save Your Spine..Page 71
The four crucial functions of the obliques..
the Full Contact Twist-for a tight waist and massive punching power.. the Saxon Side
Bend-for sinewy, wiry obliques.. the Suitcase Style One-Arm Deadlift-know what it means to
lose to a semi.. power rack deadlifts and neurological carryover.
Part IV
How to Boost Yourself
from Wannabe to Champion with Power Breathing..Page 87
The vital difference between passive and
active exhalation.. the pneumo-muscul ar reflex.. how to pick the optimal breathing
pattern.. maximizing intra-abdominal pressure..a simple way to boost your strength by
12.2%.. Vladimir Zatsiorsky's first choice for armored abs. Bending the Fire -1,500 year
old martial art secret meets Russian science ..turbocharge your breath with the Chi Kung
secret of the anal lock..get yet another competitive advantage with the Second Focus..and
then beyond-extreme intensity contractions with the Elbow Strike Second Focus..and welcome
to the Gulag-with the Second Focus/Ab Pavelizertm Negative Sequence..clean up the
intercostals with the Yogic Vacuum.
Part V
Questions &
Answers..Page 101
The truth about burning, building and
toning..how best to counter the Law of Accommodation..why negatives generate up to 1.3
times more muscular tension than positives.. the force-velocity curve..incorporating
isometrics into your abs program..varying exercise tempo for extra strength gains..canning
your concrete abs-for those who want the six-pack look..how often to train your abs..why
you shouldn't warm up before abs exercises..debunking the strange myth of 'upper' and
'lower' abs..the benefits of relaxing between reps..
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