how many here have had to stop training abs

[mature muscle]

how many no longer train their abs. i cut mine to 2 a wk but i,m thinking once might be enough. its the one area on my body that grows with no restraint.

 

[jm425]

I don't train mine when I bulk. For me I don't feel as though I need to because I do a lot of compounds which work them enough. However when I cut I'll do 3x a week.

 

[armyranger]

i usually will do abs 2-3 times a week.

 

[ddude]

i do them maybe twice a week

 

[triathloncoach]

Abs

I never do them because I do full squats, DL, PC, dips and chin ups. If my BF is low my abs look great, if not they don't exist.

But I think I'm wrong. I think everyone should do some ab specific exercises. Starting tomorrow Dammit!

 

[vadim_b1]

im wondering how exactly do your abs grow

do they become thicker or more elongated or what?
Or does your waist seem to thicken?

the abdominals is a pretty thin muscle sheet, i cant imagine they can grow so much that they become out of proportion to something

 

[doug1]

i dont bother training if i did it would be for back health, not cosmetics

 

[vadim_b1]

yeah if anything abs should be trained to not get weaker than the spinal erectors

this btw is what really causes the so called "gh guts" which in fact is merely a posture problem from lower back muscle being too strong in relation to the abdominals.
Im saying this because im currently battling this problem myself, from years of doing heavy deadlifts and rows and totally neglecting my abs.

 

[Ashop]

how many no longer train their abs. i cut mine to 2 a wk but i,m thinking once might be enough. its the one area on my body that grows with no restraint.

Must be nice. I have to train my hard even with low digit BF%.

 

[alecaf]

yeah if anything abs should be trained to not get weaker than the spinal erectors

this btw is what really causes the so called "gh guts" which in fact is merely a posture problem from lower back muscle being too strong in relation to the abdominals.
Im saying this because im currently battling this problem myself, from years of doing heavy deadlifts and rows and totally neglecting my abs.

very interesting info.

 

[eroc613]

I stopped training them over two years ago. I train them a few weeks before contest, and that's it. At contest, it's one of my best muscle groups.

But I did train them hard for about three years before I stopped. I simply stopped because they were getting to big. (Makes me look like my gut is huge, during off season weight) But I can still see all the lines.

 

[surf256]

You can almost always see the outline of mine, I do not train them too much because bf is the most important thing to show off the abs. We all got them but some peoples have more fat over them. I use to train them very hard when I was younger for about 5 years and now I don't realy need to do anything but diet and they come through. I only do abs about 8 times a month and then I do not do but 3 exercises.

 

[mature muscle]

I stopped training them over two years ago. I train them a few weeks before contest, and that's it. At contest, it's one of my best muscle groups.

But I did train them hard for about three years before I stopped. I simply stopped because they were getting to big. (Makes me look like my gut is huge, during off season weight) But I can still see all the lines.

that's my point almost like a beer gut large at the top sloping in towards the bottom.they day i train them then eating on top of it forget it.

 

[doug1]

.this btw is what really causes the so called "gh guts" which in fact is merely a posture problem from lower back muscle being too strong in relation to the abdominals.
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i disagree, sorry

 

[vadim_b1]

obviously not in all cases, i worded it wrong

but a lot of them are, look at the physics involved