Ab workouts... (Read 3046 times)

Abs are made in the KITCHEN!!!

I've had cow tongue, pickled pigs feet, hocks, cracklins, but never abs. Probably about the only thing my mom didn't try to put over on me for dinner when I was a kid.

No matter how much Ab work you do they won't be visibile if you are carrying to many extra pounds around your stomach area. You will also need to cut down on the fats in your diet. My gym instructor says you can do 1000 situps a day & you still wont see your '6 pack' if u r carrying too much fat...Food for thought

I am actually a very healthy eater and my stomach is pretty much flat, with an exception for my lower abs where there is a little fat. What should I do about my diet/lower abs?

If you want the lower abs you need to get the legs moving leg lifts and v-ups will work I use to thing that planks looked silly till I tried them they work! I've found that planks work best at the end of you ab workout so that you abs are already tired and that way you don't need to hold it as long

A PT I talked to at my gym said to do this.... you will need a partner for this or something secure to wrap your hands around... lay on your back and grip ankles of person standing right above/slightly behind your head.... then lift your legs up 90 degrees and have the person whose ankles you are gripping shove your feet back down.... don't let them touch the floor and then lift them back up again to be shoved back down etc etc... 3 sets of 15. did that make sense?

I did those in XC in HS. Even more enjoyable if the partner is cute and the opposite sex.

type in 8 minute abs on youtube. they work better than anything ive ever done. but im not gonna lye. there hard as hell

Totally agree that abs are made in the kitchen. I have about 4% to 5% bodyfat but eat *a ton* of carbs. For me, it's about eating healthy, natural, unprocessed foods, running consistently, and weight training. I think that complex carbs will never hurt your appearance so long as the basic formula of calories in vs calories out matches what you are trying to accomplish with your physique and they don't make up an unnaturally large portion of your total food intake. For me, I don't need to lose any more weight so I try to match them as close as possible but it's hit or miss because I don't keep track of anything (no nutrition log). Just listen to what your body is telling you, don't eat until you're full, eat often, and drink plenty of water. For someone trying to chisel out their abs and get that ripped stomach, shoot for a 500 calorie deficit per day. Ab exercises are way overrated. 3 simple sets of crunches to failure on each set 2 times per week will get you nearly the same looking abs as someone who goes insane with all the various types of exercises that are out there, so long as both of you have low bodyfat %tages, leading back to the original argument that wee_little_me brings up in that great abs are made in the kitchen.

ok i see what y'all are saying about abs are made in the kitchen.... couldn't figure that one out. ok so you hear all the mumbo jumbo about carbs vs no carbs.... seems like everyone here agrees that carbs aren't bad as long as they are complex carbs not the processed crap food that is sugar based sort of? i know i should know this as everyone gets drilled all the time but I still wonder if eating any carb is bad.

I think that complex carbs will never hurt your appearance so long as the basic formula of calories in vs calories out matches what you are trying to accomplish with your physique and they don't make up an unnaturally large portion of your total food intake.

Exactly right I think. Too many people out there trying to "spot reduce" are eating enough carbs to support marathon training and not doing anywhere near the cardio to match.