@ren.lifts1: crunches are not working because they train the wrong job. your core's actual function is to resist movement — to stop your spine folding under load — and crunches are one of the only exercises that asks it to do the opposite. 🤍 that is why planks, dead bugs and bird dogs outperform them. they train the thing the muscle is for. the second uncomfortable bit: visible abs are a body-fat outcome, not a training outcome. you can build a genuinely strong core and see none of it in the mirror. those are two separate projects and the gym only handles one. anyone selling an ab routine as a fat-loss plan is selling you something. third, and this one is good news — heavy squats and RDLs are core work. bracing under a loaded hinge asks more of your midsection than anything you do on the floor. ten minutes, at the end of a session, twice a week. never at the start — a tired core makes every other lift worse. Here is the whole 2-day plan written out, so you do not have to swipe back and forth in the gym: Core — Block A ✨ Dead bug, plank, bird dog + side plank. Core — Block B ✨ Glute bridge, goblet squat, romanian deadlift + plank. Your core's job is to resist, not to bend. Visible abs are a body-fat outcome. Heavy squats and RDLs are core work. 10 minutes, twice a week, at the END of a session. Never at the start. Save this so you know exactly what to do on your next session — and send it to the friend who keeps saying she wants to start. 🫶 how long have you been doing crunches? #gymgirl #workoutplan #beginnerworkout #girlswholift #fitnessjourney

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