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Ab wheel roll-out

Core · Bodyweight

Sets, reps and RIR

Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2

Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Abs.

Secondary: Lats, Lower back.

What it is called elsewhere

  • Norwegian Ab wheel
  • Swedish Rullhjul
  • Danish Ab wheel
  • German Bauchroller
  • Spanish Rueda abdominal
  • Italian Ruota per addominali
  • Portuguese Roda abdominal
  • Russian Ролик для пресса
  • French Roue abdominale

Related core exercises

  • Cable crunch
  • Pallof press
  • Cable woodchopper
  • Crunch (machine)
  • Rotary torso (machine)
  • Dumbbell side bend

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