Training abs, who does not?

[BigNShredded]

Anyone who does NOT train abdominals regularly does NOT have an awesome mid-section, period.

Serge Nubret had better abdominal development than any Mr. O in the last 10 years...Modern BB is a joke.

 

[Moen]

So, doing a straight-leg situp holding a plate behind your head is bad for your spine? Standing situps (using the rope attachment on a high pulley) is also bad for your spine?

YouTube - DieselCrew.com - Torso Strength - Straight Leg Sit-ups

If it's stuff like this, of course. That's basically a disc herniation exercise. Feel free to ask actual orthopedic surgeons, no need to believe me!

 

[aussiebulldog]

I really like the keiser abdominal crunch.

 

[btech]

YouTube - DieselCrew.com - Torso Strength - Straight Leg Sit-ups

If it's stuff like this, of course. That's basically a disc herniation exercise. Feel free to ask actual orthopedic surgeons, no need to believe me!

Oh HELL no I am not doing that! Haha.

 

[Aaron Osaka]

I used to train abs religiously using progressive weights (DC training) but recently I've incorporated more 'core' movements into my routine such as get-ups and stir-the-pot on a swiss ball.

 

[BlackPearl]

In my case with a couple days of cardio and squats 2x week and a pretty clean diet I stay lean with a little help from my HGH so I do not focus and isolate my abs. Keeping my BF low is my key to a visual 6 pack and I also must not ingest much sodium. I feel my abs are strong cause of years of squats and deads and everything inbetween and become "visible" when I stay under 7-8% fat. Plus I hate all that ab work anyway.

 

[cheloz28]

I never get motivated about ab training, if anything maybe once a week but it's a weak workout.

 

[sammy555]

I never have never will. as long as my waist is small enough to make the rest of me look big im cool with that. I dont compete and dont go below 10% really so never gonna have awsome abs

 

[Nssca]

Don't we have a few Ifbb pros around here?
Lets hear what the pros do or don't do...Opinions?

 

[osiris]

I am not a pro and my waist is admittedly a little bit on the wider side but i do abs infrequently at best. When i do them i do the same exercise EVERY time, hanging leg raises. I really exhale and contract and really focus on the squeeze, this is a vast departure from my other exercises where i am more focussed o throwing around some slag iron(in a controlled manner of course)=-)

 

[BigSwole]

YouTube - DieselCrew.com - Torso Strength - Straight Leg Sit-ups

If it's stuff like this, of course. That's basically a disc herniation exercise. Feel free to ask actual orthopedic surgeons, no need to believe me!

exactly. your abs are designed to stabilize your trunk and should be trained as such. planks, side planks, roll outs, etc.

 

[Moen]

Indeed my friend. You want a pro's opinion, in an older thread Phil basically said the same as me and bigswole.

 

[flapique]

the only ab work out I get is screwing my girlfriend like a jack rabbit.. I don't compete and don't plan to but if I did then I would probably train them in the gym as well as in the bed room.

 

[tweb123]

the only ab work out I get is screwing my girlfriend like a jack rabbit.. I don't compete and don't plan to but if I did then I would probably train them in the gym as well as in the bed room.

Hello !:headbang:

 

[Jeded]

Now a days i am the member of loss angles boot camp..
Its really good gym club that is really have good trainers in their gym..

 

[dece870717]

After reading a few posts by Phil about working out abs and also looking in the mirror from the side during certain exercises, I decided to completely stop doing abs. Just the other day I glanced over at myself to the mirror next to me while doing standing barbell curls and during the contraction I noticied my abs would flex and upper abs would almost stick out as far as my chest! And I have a very flat stomach. Even before, I rarely and infrequently trained abs and now they're almost getting too thick, so I'm avoiding them all I can now.

 

[InfiniteMuscle]

Stupid not to, its a muscle just as any other. You want them strong.

 

[liftlarge]

i just remember when i was younger (like the starting of my working out) my biggest concern was trying to get Abs. But i was not as educated in bodybuilding then as I am now...so between sloppy diet and excessive drinking i never achieved the "washboard stomach" i so desired. Now...i could care less about Abs, as I prefer to get size and actually mold and shape my body. I do however work on Abs when i have the energy...or when im tired of my girlfriend nagging me about doing them with her. But i do think working on the "core" is neccessary to do, as a stronger core ties into other exercises...if you know what I mean.

 

[w8s4me]

I need train it more cause I don't dissensions much as I should

 

[Kauto_star]

For those who do train abs, and train them hard, what exercises and sets and reps do you use?

I really like rope crunches at the moment, they seem to be really effective.