TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: The Mission

Rigor mortis, or why high reps have failed you

Hardstyle Breathing: how to shrink-wrap your waist with an ancient martial arts technique

The Hardstyle Sit-up: how to defeat your hip flexors and make your abs rule

Internal Isometrics: the secret of old time physical culturalists’ exceptional abdominal strength and development

The Hardstyle Hanging Leg Raise: no sissies need to apply

The Hardstyle Abs program design

Appendix: A few words about “functional core training”

Appendix: Full contact abs