Moving on from the more upper abdominal dominant aleknas pattern of arms only, you can increase the work load into the upper abdominals in this way by adding load to the arms. These can be dumbbells, or plates which are more effective than bands as the greater resistance is as the arms are moving towards the overhead (longer) position.
Aleknas - Arms loaded
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