YAWT : working out the abs

[MC]

So let's say a person have around 10% body fat.

Would there be any difference the way his abs look if he :

1) Work his abs with weight with 6-10 reps
2) Do normal and incline sit-up without weight

???

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: MC
So let's say a person have around 10% body fat.

Would there be any difference the way his abs look if he :

1) Work his abs with weight with 6-10 reps
2) Do normal and incline sit-up without weight

???

Well in either case if he makes each rep HARDER then his abbs will have a more bulky look to them. This allows your abbs to have the *separation* look when your abbs are really only one muscle. This gives you the 6 pack look.

But an important factor is the low bf%.

 

[sash1]

"How was that 2% measured? The only accurate way is to do it with the water submerssion stuff. That is pricey just to get a bf%. The scales are NOT accurate when the % get below 10%. They are a good way to get an indication and to TRACK progress BUT not really that accurate.

If it was with calipers that can vary WIDLY depending on the person and the amount of experience they have had.

Your abbs should SERIOUSLY ripped to the point where you can almost see each muscle fibre at that %. You got pic?"

Well, my body fat % is ~5%. Possibly around 6% now. That number is a year old, and since then I've been eating more, and healthier. I burn so many calories per day, and the diet (i guess you could say) I used to have was actually very unhealthy. I'd guess around 6%. I'm still pretty much a twig.

But what I was saying, is that the skinnier you are, the more your abs show.

~Aunix

 

[Storm]

Originally posted by: Koing

Have your feet on a table or something now lean on your side so that one of your sides is facing the ground and the other the sky. Not with your stomach to the ground. Now have your arm bent at the elbow and rest. Your hand fingers should be pointing infront of you where your face should be. Hold for 30seconds. Repeat on the other side NO REST, repeat again so you hit both sides 2 twice for a 30second duration. I use to a bunch of isometric holds for my abbs. Helped in shaping my abbs.

Koing

Lemme get this straight. Put your feet on an incline, now twist so that my right side is against the ground. Now my left side will be in the air. Then put my right eblow in rest position since Im basically lying on my right side. Then hold my left arm out as if Im a traffic cop and Im stopping traffic and hold for 30 seconds?
Im confused .

Another question if I use weights for sit-ups whats the best form? A standard situp where I have my arms folded against my chest with weights in my hands?

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: kindest
my BFP is below 8% but I got damn man boobs
i do like 100 pushups everyday and i cant get rid of them.
Im super skinny other then my man boobs, how do i rid these luscious beauties.

That's called "Gynecomastia"

Look here for the name of the condition and how it's corrected:

http://www.plasticsurgery4u.com/procedure_folder/male_breast/index.html

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Storm

Originally posted by: Koing

Have your feet on a table or something now lean on your side so that one of your sides is facing the ground and the other the sky. Not with your stomach to the ground. Now have your arm bent at the elbow and rest. Your hand fingers should be pointing infront of you where your face should be. Hold for 30seconds. Repeat on the other side NO REST, repeat again so you hit both sides 2 twice for a 30second duration. I use to a bunch of isometric holds for my abbs. Helped in shaping my abbs.

Koing

Lemme get this straight. Put your feet on an incline, now twist so that my right side is against the ground. Now my left side will be in the air. Then put my right eblow in rest position since Im basically lying on my right side. Then hold my left arm out as if Im a traffic cop and Im stopping traffic and hold for 30 seconds?
Im confused .

Another question if I use weights for sit-ups whats the best form? A standard situp where I have my arms folded against my chest with weights in my hands?

Almost.

Have your other *freehand* that is not proping you up just by your side. So if your right hand is on the floor and your right side is closest to the ground your left side is facing the sky and your left hand is just by your side.

Your right arm is ALMOST like the traffic cop. But your elbow is bent and your forearm is not inline so straight. It is bent out.



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PLAN VIEW of it.

So your feet are on a bench facing one way. Your feet are stacked on top of each other. Your body is like so so you are on your side. Your free arm is on your side. Your arm is bent at the elbow. You REST your forearm on the ground and have it pointing the same direction as your feet.

Hold it for 30seconds and repeat for other side. Repeat the whole process twice. It is TOUGH. Good work out though.


DAM IT the pic won't work. I will get pics sometime and send you them.

But what I was saying, is that the skinnier you are, the more your abs show.

Well they will show more because you have less fat in that area. BUT if you have not developed your abbs it will just look flat so you won't look like you have the *6 pack* look either. If that person did some training for the abb then they will have a 6 pack. Much like a guy with thin arms. He has a bicep but its not just showing much because he hasn't made the muscle big enough to give the lump when you tense type of look.

Koing