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Most effective way to tone the abs?
- Thread starter Heifetz
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I'm no bodybuilder, but I think you have the right idea. cardio burns fat, and ab exercises build the muscle. For practice, our coach gave us a system of "gutbusters" and I am seeing a very noticeable difference. We do 50 crunches, put one foot up on the opposite leg, and do 25 to each side, then lay on each side and do 25 like that, then 50 bicycles, 50 leg lifts, and something coach calls "squiggly monsters" where you sit down on the ground, lift your feet off the ground, hug yourself and twist from side to side. I have also incorporated Chinese torture or whatever it's called, where you balance on your elbows and keep your body straight, and also something similar to those but sideways.
MrDudeMan
Lifer
whatever you do, dont buy into the bullsh!t that some people feed about "spot toning"
you can not work out one spot on your body and expect it to get toned...you have to do total body to lose fat. it seems that you are aware of this, but i thought i would make it clear.
edit: i didnt make myself very clear. i meant you cant skip cardio and just do situps to tone your abs like some people think. after you lose the fat, THEN you can "spot tone"
you can not work out one spot on your body and expect it to get toned...you have to do total body to lose fat. it seems that you are aware of this, but i thought i would make it clear.
edit: i didnt make myself very clear. i meant you cant skip cardio and just do situps to tone your abs like some people think. after you lose the fat, THEN you can "spot tone"
rh71
No Lifer
http://www.musclemedia.com/training/BootCamp.asp - had that bookmarked for the longest time... have not done it for the longest time. 🙁
moshquerade
No Lifer
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forumJunkie
Senior member
i heard gorilla sprints can do miracles.
one of my friends never did a situp in his life but he was on the track team and this dude bragged about his abs all the time.
they say running is the best way, and then the occassional situps can't hurt you.
one of my friends never did a situp in his life but he was on the track team and this dude bragged about his abs all the time.
they say running is the best way, and then the occassional situps can't hurt you.
bluehorizon
Senior member
Situps are bad for you. Period. Cruches are good. Situps, bad. Crunches, good. The reason? You stress you back when you do a situp. When you do a crunch, there's no stress on the spine. With a crunch, you're only contracting the upper abs to raise your shoulder blades a couple inches off the floor. Make sure you do it slowly and pause at the top.
There's three parts of the abs you need to work. Upper, lower and obliques. Crunches work the upper abs. Leg raises work the lower, and side bends or the equivalent work the obliques (your sides). Do a few sets for each part when you work your abs. A stress ball, as has been mentioned, is great. As long as you do it consistently, you'll grow some abs.
You also gotta keep up the cardio. You can have awesome abs, but you won't be able to see them if there's a layer of fat over your stomach 🙂
Hope that helps.
There's three parts of the abs you need to work. Upper, lower and obliques. Crunches work the upper abs. Leg raises work the lower, and side bends or the equivalent work the obliques (your sides). Do a few sets for each part when you work your abs. A stress ball, as has been mentioned, is great. As long as you do it consistently, you'll grow some abs.
You also gotta keep up the cardio. You can have awesome abs, but you won't be able to see them if there's a layer of fat over your stomach 🙂
Hope that helps.
NuclearNed
Raconteur
My trainer recently had me start doing an exercise that cause my abs to burn WAAYYYYY more than any crunches/situps/ab machines that I have done. You hang by your arms from a chinup bar and lift/fold your legs into your abdomen as high as you can. You lift and release in a slow controlled motion.
I did 4 sets of 15 the other day and thought I was going to die.
I did 4 sets of 15 the other day and thought I was going to die.
purbeast0
No Lifer
running in general also works your abs somewhat. by tthat i mean while doing your running, keep your abs tight by just trying to flex them while you run. it won't necessarily make your abs bigger, but it will help tighten them in general. when i was running alot to get cut i always did this, and in the end of it i noticed my abs were pretty damn cut. right now im currently eating anything I want as I'm trying to bulk up, but once february comes I am going to try and lean up and just get ripped again.
bluehorizon
Senior member
The longer the better.
I say to do a nice long cardio workout and then right after do various crunchers (working all parts of the abs), leg lifts, and medicine ball sets. Start out with small sets of each and build but you have to be motivated b/c i'm starting to build a gut too haha.
You should try swimming if you can/prefer rather than running -- it's less strain on your joints, just as good if not better cardio workout, works out all parts of the body including abs. You wonder why all those swimmers have awesome abs 🙂.
Mazi just stick with ab workouts hahahaahahahaha.
You should try swimming if you can/prefer rather than running -- it's less strain on your joints, just as good if not better cardio workout, works out all parts of the body including abs. You wonder why all those swimmers have awesome abs 🙂.
Mazi just stick with ab workouts hahahaahahahaha.
Zap Brannigan
Golden Member
A/S/L?
27/M/MA here.
I'm wearing a barrel and suspenders.
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