For some guys and gals, a workout isn't complete until knocking out a few
sets of abdominal exercises.
Not exact matches
After throwing my back out in my late 20s, I started doing Pilates and balance
exercises, which strengthened my back and had the wonderful side effect
of giving me a very strong
set of abdominal muscles as well.
Some exercisers never really get what they want despite performing endless
sets of crunches and other similar
abdominal exercises.
They should do a lot
of sets and reps
of various
abdominal exercises.
In addition, you will find that overhead squats provide your
abdominal muscles with the
exercise required to make them stand out sharply, without forcing you to do endless
sets of sit ups (with questionable results).
I've always been taught and consistently teach the idea
of drawing awareness to the deeper
set of abdominals (the transversus abdominis) when performing
exercises.
You should start off doing
Abdominal crawls for 2 - to - 6
sets of Ab crawling for 50 feet and as this
exercise gets easier for you...
Whatever the goals and objectives
of the training program always we always use a
set of exercises for the
abdominal muscles.
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.
Because
of the way your
abdominal muscle anatomy is
set up, by making small variations in the way you do your crunches, you can shift the focus
of the
exercise to different parts
of your midsection.
Spot reduction just doesn't work, so if you're pumping out thousands
of sit ups, crunches or any other
abdominal exercise with the aim
of getting a sexy
set of abs, you're wasting your time.
However, when you do high repetition
sets of crunches and sit ups they are being asked to also perform the role
of slow twitch stabilisers and this is why it is quite common for high rep
abdominal exercises to lead to lower back pain.
The AG performed 7
abdominal exercises, for 2
sets of 10 repetitions, on 5 d · wk − 1 for 6 weeks.
The AG was not only asked to maintain their typical diet and ADL routine but also asked to perform 7
abdominal exercises, each with 2
sets of 10 repetitions, on 5 d · wk − 1 for 6 weeks at the University Fitness Center.
Try performing 10 - 20 repetitions per
set of this
exercise, focusing on using the
abdominals and keeping constant tension in the core.