Beginner exercise

Ab Coaster

  • Muscle Growth
  • Bodybuilding

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Technique

How to perform Ab Coaster

  1. Kneel on the Ab Coaster carriage with your forearms on the pads and your hands holding the handles.
  2. Keep your forearms supported and your upper torso stationary.
  3. Raise your knees with the carriage while curling your pelvis underneath you.
  4. Keep the motion controlled rather than swinging the carriage or pulling your torso down toward your knees.
  5. Lower the carriage smoothly and allow the pelvis to return to the starting position.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Rectus Abdominis, External Oblique, Internal Oblique.

MuscleScoreRole
Rectus Abdominis1.0Target, Mover
External Oblique0.7Target, Mover
Internal Oblique0.7Target, Mover