Favorite abdominal routine?

[Corrodo]

Re: Favorite abdominal routine?

3x20 crunches as a warmup

3x15 hanging knee ups or
3x20 leg raises from a flat bench where I take my feet down below the bench and raise my hips up off of the bench at the top.

15/12/10 reps on the seated situp machine I ratchet up the weight every set.

Don`t train obliques, they get plenty of work from the leg lifts/knee ups.
An old friend of mine who had great abs told me that if you wanted people to see your abs　then you needed to make the muscles bigger so you could see the seperation through the fat. I totally agree with this. I don`t go over 20 reps and I really try to add weight where I can (leg lifts with a db between my feet, etc).

I understand bodybuilders not training abs and just using diet to bring them out... but.... being realistic, I don`t intend to step on stage soon. So if I wanna look good at 10-14%bf then I need to keep the abs in shape.

That is very true bro...I was speaking from a 4-7% bf standpoint...If you want to see them at 9%+ then working them will bring them out...but with all the cardio and lifting for a show abs are the last thing we feel like doing....lol

[supasaiyan99]

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Awesome responses guys. Thanks a bunch. I will try the russian twists. Abs suck big time!!!

[6p6]

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Well sup, if you hit squats, deads, bent rows, seated rows, etc etc, your working your abs pretty hard....I figured out we all have them no matter what its just the bodyfat at which were at to see them....Still though I am going to hit them hard this offseason more for core strength than actually seeing them, as thats all about bf% imo.

and that is the correct answer...if you lift hard and heavy your core is always engaged. I do 6-8 sets 2-3 times a week of ab work and thats it. its all about bf% which is tough for some (like me!) and easy for others (apparently for corrado based on his picks!).

the belt idea is smart. Ronnie Coleman never trained with a belt much and thats why his gut began spreading (ok one of the reasons why, amongst GH!) but he started a new philosophy and began using the belt and constantly keeping his gut tight even when not working out. He claims it made a world of a difference according to an article I read awhile back...