Ab Wheel

[TimK]

Am I doing these right? Seems like more of a hamstring and lat exercise than anything to me.

[broseph]

Looks like maybe you’re resting/losing ab tension at the bottom?

Try just barely glancing the ground at the bottom, keeping tension.

Either way, you’ll know if you did them ‘right’ tomorrow.

[ShuggyBear]

I touch my nose to the floor on every rep. Chris Duffin has some good instruction...

[mbasic]

I do a variant of this the Olympic bar and plates.

What I do, I put my knees on a block or step that 6-7" high.
That was I can get flat, or nose to floor.

The an wheel is a smaller "wheel" than an Olympic plate....
but try a 3" to 4" spacer under your knees.
You get flatter so to speak...

[ithryn]

These destroy my elbows but, perversely, I like doing them. I wonder if I'm locking my elbows and that's the problem.

[perman]

I use the opposite cue of every other exercise here, meaning I encourage spinal flexion to begin with. That seems to help me end up in neutral position.

[topfen]

@TimK: It looks like you loose a bit of tension at the bottom (lower back should stay flat) but otherwise these look fine. I learned them in karate class as a kid and we were tought to focus on squeezing the glutes and abs. But if you have strong abs (and you look like you have a strong midsection) kneeling ab wheels are not all that hard unless you really focus on squeezing everything tight or increase your time under tension.

These destroy my elbows but, perversely, I like doing them. I wonder if I'm locking my elbows and that's the problem.

Same. Keeping the elbows slightly unlocked avoids this problem.