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Author | Topic: Abdominal Advice |
Hollywood Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 5) |
posted May 11, 2000 12:20 AM
Anyone got a good program for abs? My upper abs have developed nicely over the last couple of months. I just cant seem to get rid of the spare tire. I work out on Mon. Tue. Thur. & Fri. IP: Logged |
CONTRACTION Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 161) |
posted May 11, 2000 01:40 AM
Hmmmm...need more info about your workout. Do you do any cardio to burn off the fat? Do you do cardio in the morning on an empty stomach? How many days a week do you weight train, how many for cardio and what's your program? ------------------ IP: Logged |
StevieD Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 130) |
posted May 11, 2000 05:28 AM
Abs are muscles and like other muscles they respond to the same training. You won't get a six pack by doing abs 4 days a week. Train abs twice per week, doing 6 sets of 10 each time. To get visible abs you need to lose fat by doing cardio and changing your diet. You could have the best abs in the world but know one can see them if they are buried under fat. IP: Logged |
Hollywood Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 5) |
posted May 11, 2000 10:05 AM
I work out on Mon. Tue. Wed. & Thur. On mondays and Thursdays I work chest, shoulders, tri's, and abs. On Tuesday and Friday I work back, bi's, legs, and abs. I hit each muscle group pretty hard twice a week and abs four times. I do very little cardio b/c of time restraints. Am I overtraining? IP: Logged |
MrMuscle Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 357) |
posted May 11, 2000 10:43 AM
if u sleep enough and eat right u arent overtraining. To develope lower abs i recommend hanging leg raises, they are the bomb. but u wont get rid of that spare tire without cardio AND a diet. ------------------ http://home.sol.no/~mrmuscle/ IP: Logged |
Fitnes1 Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 52) |
posted May 11, 2000 10:54 AM
Hanging leg raises are great! I work my abs every time I train at the gym.... whether it's 5 days/wk. or one wk. it might be 4 days/wk. Sometimes, I work them at home while watching videos. You can never work your abs too much. ------------------ IP: Logged |
fourhundred Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 43) |
posted May 11, 2000 03:21 PM
use deep squat, deadlift in your routines for strengthen the abs also do floor crunches i liked ab bench very usefull for ab developing do not do more than 20 reps for a set on abs because abs are sensitive low reps, mean they are fast twitch muscle but you can do many sets like 5-6 for example; 3-4 minutes rest between sets change your diet in a low calorie type I HAVE GOOD ABS, APPLY THIS METHOD IP: Logged |
eagledude Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 80) |
posted May 11, 2000 08:00 PM
actually, if you train ur abs so much one day that they get sore u are doing something wrong. UR ABS SHOULD NOT GET SORE FROM CRUNCHES, THAT IS MAKING IT EASIER FOR U TO GET A HERNIA IP: Logged |
CONTRACTION Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 161) |
posted May 11, 2000 09:28 PM
WTF?????? Where did you get that info?? My abs are sore all the time, hell you have to work them like any other muscle. I never got a hernia, dont know anyone who did from weight training in my whole 11 years of lifting. You can get a hernia from overexerting yourself or trying to do more weight than you are really capable of doing. You are more likely to get a hernia if you have WEAK ab muscles. ------------------ IP: Logged |
CONTRACTION Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 161) |
posted May 11, 2000 09:30 PM
The guys that posted are right, you need cardio and you need to tune your diet so you can burn off the fat to see those amazing absters! ------------------ [This message has been edited by CONTRACTION (edited May 11, 2000).] IP: Logged |
Pipes Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 16) |
posted May 12, 2000 10:30 AM
I'm with many of you, cardio is essensial for abs.... You see unlike your arms, and legs which normally have little amount of fat, the abdominal area retains fat like crazy, especially on woman. Unfortunetely, you can work abs like crazy and never see a thing if you have a layer of fat covering it. I do cardio and abs everyday (resting is for size, not definition). Once the you start trimming the fat, god knows what you'll find under there. I do everything imaginable for abs. Keep in mind that crunches and all those similar excercised will give you firm, strong abs but will not give you the definition your looking for. Need weights for definition. THat's my 2 cents anyways. IP: Logged |
Stone Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 48) |
posted May 12, 2000 07:19 PM
Unfortunately the spare tire is the last thing to go away and ab exercises will not get rid of it. Like everyone here is telling you, cardio is the ticket. Until you get your body fat down to below 10 percent you will not be able to see any of the hard ab work you are doing. IP: Logged |
Hollywood Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 5) |
posted May 13, 2000 01:55 AM
Looks like im going to try and do a little more cardio. Im going to start swimming a few laps twice a week. I've heard that this is about the best thing for cardio. Is this true? And will it cause me to lose mass other than fat? IP: Logged |
eagledude Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 80) |
posted May 28, 2000 03:38 PM
what I meant is that I train them everyday except sunday and I have kick ass abs and I know guys that train 3 times a week and their abs get sore and they have hardly made any progress ------------------ IP: Logged |
YellowD98 Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 6) |
posted May 28, 2000 06:46 PM
I train my abs every single day, except for sunday usually. Abs recover much quicker than most muscles in the body and a lot of people can get progress much faster if they train them more rigourously than other parts. IMO, good abs are key to a good overall physique. Also, dont do any abs right after you eat anything... bad idea IP: Logged |
nobu Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 8) |
posted May 28, 2000 07:46 PM
listen to Mr. Muscle, he knows his shit!!! IP: Logged |