You can't do it with crunches (sorry, spoiler alert).

Those are basically a waste of time for tightening your waist.

One of my favorite exercises for really digging in and hitting those "deep" muscles of the core (the obliques and the transverse abdominis)...is the Pallof Press.

It's a great "anti-rotation" exercise done using a cable (or band) where you stand perpendicular to the pulley with your hands in together on the cable handle.

Then just extend your arms in front of you, putting greater torque on the core.

The pull from the cable forces those deep core muscles to engage strongly to prevent rotation of the torso (i.e. anti-rotation). This is one of the primary functions of the obliques and transversus...and these are the muscles you want to target to tighten your waist and flatten your stomach.

Now...I've taken that already very effective exercise a step FURTHER by adding a dumbbell...

Perform the exercise exactly the same, except this time, hold a dumbbell in your hands as you're doing the exercise.

You're not only hitting the anti-rotation, but also the anti-flexion (a.k.a. core support/bracing) function of the abs.

It's hard to see in the first picture here, but I've got a dumbbell held in my hands.

Now you can see it held out away from the body. This is essentially doubling the leverage torque on your body. I'm using a 25 lb dumbbell here, just fyi. Do 6-8 reps on this side.

Then switch to the other side and repeat for 6-8 reps.

You'll need to experiment with the weights you're using, both on the cable stack and with the dumbbell. You don't want to go so heavy on either one that it overwhelms the other...you want about equal resistance on both.

This is a great exercise to use as part of your warm-up (since it's not super-demanding on your core strength and the bracing helps squeeze blood out of core storage and out to the working muscles) or as a finisher to your abdominal training.

And it WORKS.

If you're interested in more waist-tightening/stomach-flattening exercises like this, I would HIGHLY recommend you have a look at my book the "30-Second Ab-Solution."

First, it's cheap (only 7 bucks) and it's got a TON of simple exercises, just like this one, that you can use almost ANYWHERE to flatten your stomach, tighten your waist and reduce back pain.

Check it out here..these are literally "no sweat" exercises that you can do just 30 seconds at a time throughout the day, essentially "retraining" your abdominal muscles to stay tight instead of bulging out.

 

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Fermented Turmeric...Last Call for 30% Off!

I sent this out yesterday, but wanted to give you a quick reminder here before the discount code expires tonight.

The first time I saw this concept, I thought...dang, that makes total sense.

Now, you're probably familiar with turmeric already, either as a spice or as a powerful anti-inflammatory supplement.

It can help tremendously with issues like:

• Joint pain
• Muscle aches and pains
• The occasional, or sustained, depression and anxiety symptoms.

The benefits of turmeric are tremendous and very well researched.

 

Here's the problem with regular turmeric, though...it can be very effective but it's not absorbed very well.

This really decreases the potential effectiveness of a turmeric supplement...in fact, you may have tried turmeric already and gotten no results at all.

Poor absorption could be why.

Fermentation makes turmeric MUCH more absorable and able to be used by your body...so that you actually GET the effects you're trying to get.

I'm in the testing process of a new, fermented turmeric product, created by my friend Jayson Hunter of JayLabPro.

Jayson is one of the "good guys" in the supplement industry. I've known him personally for more than 15 years.

I have 100% faith in his products...they contain what they're supposed to, and in quantities that are proven to actually be effective.

When he asked me if I wanted to test his new turmeric, I jumped at the chance.

About 10 years ago, I beta tested one of his new formulas and saw an INCREDIBLE increase in my strength-endurance (I was blown away). Was interesting to get a package of umarked vials in the mail but I was not disappointed.

The formula never made it to market but I kept bugging him to get me more of it for years :).

 

New 3-Step Absorption Process

Now, as I mentioned, turmeric isn't absorbed very well just in it's regular form.

Unless you have this 3-step absorption process (that’s found in the JayLab Pro Fermented Turmeric product), you’re not really getting all the benefits you should be getting.
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JayLab Pro Fermented Turmeric has a proven 3-step process to increase the absorption.
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Not only have they added Piperine to increase the absorption by almost 2,000%, they’ve also added Ginger to the mix.
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And to make it even MORE effective, they've fermented both the Ginger and the Turmeric to break it down even more, which allows for a much smoother and faster absorption process by your body.

This means you'll start getting the results you SHOULD be getting from turmeric.
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Try Fermented Turmeric for 30% off until tonight!

Now, a few days ago, I reached out and asked Jayson if he could set up a discount code for you so you could test drive it for yourself at a reduced price.

He said "absolutely" and hooked you up with a huge 30% off.

Click here to learn more about Fermented Turmeric and use coupon code MN30 at checkout to get a full 30% OFF your order.

If you're taking turmeric, or if you've tried it and it didn't work for you, or if you've always wanted to try it out to see if it DOES work for you, this is the perfect opportunity.

Claim your 30% off now (MN30 at checkout).

Enjoy!

Nick Nilsson
The Mad Scientist of Muscle

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