Advice on flexing abs?

[elit3keraed]

I know this is a weird question but is there any secret/tip on flexing abs? I know how to fire/flex them to stabilize my core on heavy lifts but that doesn’t translate at all into flex abs to show them off.

Meanwhile while I’m dealing with my asthma, everytime I cough I wind up with absurd ab definition.


I can’t seem to simulate the same thing without coughing so I figure maybe someone here might have a coaching cue that might help my brain figure out wtf to do

Pics for comparison:

Actively trying to pose them



My inferior genetic heritage (asthma) causing me to pose them with each cough

 

[fiberandflex]

Haha that cough trick is wild, whatever muscles fire during that spasm are definitely hard to recreate.

 

[elit3keraed]

Haha that cough trick is wild, whatever muscles fire during that spasm are definitely hard to recreate.

Yeah, I keep trying to emulate it, but I can’t seem to get it. And I know sometimes people have weird ways of thinking about a movement or some queuing method that winds up making things click in my brain.

Maybe I’ll get lucky on this lol