Need ab advice from those with abs

[165r]

okay, I've been hitting my abs hard but still nothing. I even picked up a mag but realized that those guys probably don't do the dopie excer's in those articles.

Can anyone with good ab's please let me know what their routine is. thanks

 

[Jodi]

Abs are made in the kitchen.

You have to eat properly to have abs.

 

[JLB001]

If ya got a layer of fat over the abs you'll never see them!
All I basically do are ab crunchs on the floor on on a flat/incline bench.

And....I do have abs!

 

[atherjen]

I agree, diet is the key for most. (I cant talk, I bulked and still had abs.. Im weird tho..)
anyways you can do a million crunches and never see your abs. if you have a layer of fat covering it, they wont show. all I do for abs is 3 exercises about 1x week.

 

[HoldDaMayo]

I think it's funny how the ab equipment is the most used of any equipment at 24 hour fitness, yet a VERY small percentage actually have a six pack...

DIET!

 

[titans1854]

i go to a 24 hr fitness in huntington beach and it's ab machines are always filled with people. i have wait like 10 min to use one and all the people on the machines are fat.

 

[P-funk]

I don't like training my abs with machines. I'd rather work on my stabalizers and core strength when I train abs and worry about my diet to get the six pack when needed.

 

[atherjen]

ditto Patrick, I never used machines either. refuse too. get a much better ab workout without.
umm but I do cable crunches. lol I dont think the qualifys though

 

[camarosuper6]

Not many people believe me when I say this, but maybe the best two ab exercises for me are deadlifts and squats. Especially deadlifts, I can feel my abs working and stablizing.

 

[Brak86]

i train my abs 3x a week, i run 3x a week, and i eat very well.....i like trainin 3x a week, although some might say that is too much....it works for me so i keep on doin it!

 

[CowPimp]

I used to train my abs 3x a week, but I moved to 4x a week at a lower intensity. I do a total of 24 sets of ab exercises per week (6 sets per session). Actually, I combine the 6 sets into 3 supersets most of the time. Considering that I believe my BF% is above 15% and the top of my rectus abdominus is still visible, as well as my obliques, I think I'm doing something right...

 

[CowPimp]

Originally posted by JLB001
If ya got a layer of fat over the abs you'll never see them!
All I basically do are ab crunchs on the floor on on a flat/incline bench.

And....I do have abs!

I think crunches are boring, but to each his own. I do all of the following different ab exercises every week:

Bicycle Crunches
Reverse Crunches
Lying Leg Lifts
Hovers
Heel Push Crunches
Long Arm Crunches
Vertical Leg Crunches
Double Crunches

 

[JLB001]

Boring maybe...but every effective.

 

[CowPimp]

Originally posted by JLB001
Boring maybe...but every effective.

I saw a study that ranked crunches 11 out of 13 among the most effective ab exercises in terms of rectus and oblique stimulation...

 

[JLB001]

they don't look non effectvie there~~>>http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/gallery/data/500/6294100_0390.jpg

 

[WebMonkey]

Someone posted a link to a study on the best ab exercises and it was I believe Bicycyle Crunches and Captain Chairs.

Actually just found the link

http://www.aerobicspot.com/topab.htm

 

[CowPimp]

Originally posted by JLB001
they don't look non effectvie there~~>>http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/gallery/data/500/6294100_0390.jpg

I've seen your pictures. I'm not saying crunches don't work the abs, but there are more effective exercises out there. You have a very low body fat percentage, which is more important than what exercises you do for ab definition anyway.

 

[JLB001]

Oh fine Cow...LOL I was blessed with good abs and a bad rear. go figure! LOL

I do like doign other ab stuff, just seems to make the waist too thick, so I stick with the simple basic stuff. On occ. I do use that chair thing you sit in that is a machine with weights. That's pretty good. Hell if I know the name for it.

 

[plouffe]

Originally posted by Jodi
Abs are made in the kitchen.

You have to eat properly to have abs.

Yup, but if you diet to see underdevolped abs, whats the point.

 

[CowPimp]

Originally posted by JLB001
Oh fine Cow...LOL I was blessed with good abs and a bad rear. go figure! LOL

I do like doign other ab stuff, just seems to make the waist too thick, so I stick with the simple basic stuff. On occ. I do use that chair thing you sit in that is a machine with weights. That's pretty good. Hell if I know the name for it.

You should try crunches on an exercise ball. That exercise is supposed to isolate the abs a lot better because you don't have to use your hip flexors as much.

 

[QuestionGuy]

lift whatever the fuck you want, but if you go to BigMac Mondays than you can fuck urself