Now don't get me wrong, a certain
amount of abdominals exercises are great and they do help to strengthen your core and help you maintain a healthy back.
Not exact matches
If you are however someone who likes to train their full
abdominal area in one go just pick the same
amount of exercises for you upper, lower and side abs and get to work.
If your serious and you really want a firm shredded midsection, then treat it like any other body part and give it a reasonable
amount of sets & reps. Don't forget to take into consideration the many other
exercises, such as squats & lunges, which also hit the
abdominal muscles, and decrease you specific «Ab» work accordingly.
Also, back to the topic
of crunches and situps in particular... Once you've got a decent
amount of abdominal training under your belt, crunches tend to be one
of the least effective ab strengthening
exercises since they are actually a fairly low - resistance
exercise.
When most people think about abs, they think about the often sought after six - pack or eight - pack in the front, and by the way, getting an eight - pack is purely down to genetics, there is no
exercise or
amount of exercise which can give you an eight - pack if you don't have that
abdominal separation genetically speaking.
I know that sounds counterintuitive, but the fact
of the matter is that
abdominal exercises are ok, and you do need to do a certain
amount of them to develop the abs as best as possible.
Cats with effusive FIP usually develop progressive, nonpainful
abdominal distention due to peritoneal fluid accumulation.5, 10 Pleural fluid is present in up to 25 %
of cats with effusive FIP.10 If a sufficient
amount of fluid is present in the pleural space, these cats may exhibit
exercise intolerance and dyspnea.