Doug Egge

And I would see sometimes guys at the beach flexing.

Or, you know, even at the gym that really built, like, I remember one time I seen this dude who had, he had like a tight, it was kind of like a spandex like vest on and his abs were sticking out of his shirt.

I was like, damn, you can see his, he's not even flexing.

Like you can see his abs.

And that's when it dawned on me.

I was like, his abs are developed.

Mine are just lean, but they're not developed.

So I started doing decline sit-ups with weight.

So I started doing real slow.

I'm like, okay, I'm going to build them.

That's what I'm going to do.

I'm actually getting strong abs instead of doing a million reps.

So I would hold a weight, and I'd unroll and come up, and I'd try to keep the reps low.

So whatever weight would allow me to do eight reps or ten reps with lots of resistance.

And I'd rest three minutes in between for ab work, which before I was like, there's no rest.

You just keep going.

I started doing dragon flags, the exercise that Rocky does in Rocky IV.

Oh, yeah.

I started doing ab rollouts, and I'd do them off my knees but real slow and crunch up.

And I would do heavy twists, heavy chops.