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Abs. How often and srious
- Thread starter gstacker
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Let me guess your asking the chubbier guys to see if theres anyway u can get abs to show through with minimal cutting? yah thats what I wanna do too lol.
Im 18% bf, and ultimately I wanna be 12-15% all year round. Anyways I hit abs once or twice a week usually, I make sure I hit them once a week and if Im feeling like it or finish my workout early I hit them again, 5-20 rep range. I have only just started doing this though.
My favourite exercises for the core are-
weighted decline situps
decline situps
needsize abs
hanging leg raise
weighted side bends
farmers walks
45 degree hypers
and I will usually do abs after squat or deadlift day, but sometimes its on my OHP or bench days. And about 9 sets, example would be 3 sets weighted declines, 3 sets hanging leg raises, 3 sets weighted side bends.
You can see my upper abs if I flex them, and in the morning if Iv not had much milk or cheese for a while before and so Im now bloated u can see the outline of my upper abs when relaxed, not like the lines that go between them to make the "pack" but the ouline on the outside of them if you get me
Im 18% bf, and ultimately I wanna be 12-15% all year round. Anyways I hit abs once or twice a week usually, I make sure I hit them once a week and if Im feeling like it or finish my workout early I hit them again, 5-20 rep range. I have only just started doing this though.
My favourite exercises for the core are-
weighted decline situps
decline situps
needsize abs
hanging leg raise
weighted side bends
farmers walks
45 degree hypers
and I will usually do abs after squat or deadlift day, but sometimes its on my OHP or bench days. And about 9 sets, example would be 3 sets weighted declines, 3 sets hanging leg raises, 3 sets weighted side bends.
You can see my upper abs if I flex them, and in the morning if Iv not had much milk or cheese for a while before and so Im now bloated u can see the outline of my upper abs when relaxed, not like the lines that go between them to make the "pack" but the ouline on the outside of them if you get me
training is very serious. abs....never.
gstacker
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Ya em last time I got in a water tank I was 18% and my abs show just like you discribed, I know I won't get a 6 pack untill I drop bf down but when I do drop I want my abs to be there... Honestly I hardly ever train abs, every once in awhile I'll do some leg rises or crunches.. So I want to step it up but I've heard conflicting advise... Some say it's like any other muscle and train them once maybe twice a week... Others say train em every day???
So burnthiscorpse your heavy compounds I'm sure keeps your core strength up to par... Is your bf low? Or do your abs show?
So burnthiscorpse your heavy compounds I'm sure keeps your core strength up to par... Is your bf low? Or do your abs show?
yes, no, no.
i can see the top 4 when i flex them. My BF%...i dunno really. 18% maybe.
I used to work abs all the time. Then I read that Lou Ferrigno NEVER trained abs. Where as Arnold did them constantly. Looking at the two of them you could never say one did and one never did. Every movement your body makes hits your abs in some way basically. I find them to be a waste of my time. Just like doing forearms. If you do real heavy pulls in some fashion then your forearms will grow.
I suppose if I were below 10% ever again I would do abs to try and get some more growth out of them. Still never catch me doing forearms though
i was 3-point caliper tested at 9.5%... but i'd guess im honestly closer to 11%... i have pretty decent abs in the morning, but once i start eating they do fade a bit, but i can always flex and find the six (before eating can slightly see the bottom 7 & 8)...
however... i dont do ANY ab-specific excersise... 90% of my lifting is heavy compound... the only core-specific work i do would be goodmornings...
i have no desire to start doing them...
oh, also i failed a bench a few years ago with 200ish on the bar... and was able to sit up with it on top of me... if that counts for ab work then im in...
however... i dont do ANY ab-specific excersise... 90% of my lifting is heavy compound... the only core-specific work i do would be goodmornings...
i have no desire to start doing them...
oh, also i failed a bench a few years ago with 200ish on the bar... and was able to sit up with it on top of me... if that counts for ab work then im in...
that happens to me lol, i read a thread about ab training and im fired up to hit them hard, after a week or so i loose interest and find it boring again lol
