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working abbs make waist bigger?

bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/01/02, 07:42 PM i noticed the other day when i put in some pants of mine they felt tight, and when i meassured my waist its was 11/2 in bigger, i'm about the same weight as i always have been whats the deal? i been latly really working on my abbs muscles, i do use a lil weight when i do them is this making my waist bigger? do i need to post my ab work out? -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
Reddy Posts: 597 Joined: 2003/09/11	2004/01/02, 08:28 PM are you doing anything to get the fat off the top? I found the same thing when I started working my abs - I got the muscle bigger but I wasn't losing the fat that is covering them up -------------- Reddy All people smile in the same language
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/02, 08:41 PM My guess would be it is not the abs, it is what lies beneath or on top. Check your diet. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/01/04, 10:26 AM i think i'm ok , it was the "e xtra" hoilday crap i ate lol, i'm now back down to my orginal waist and weight size, bhut i am gonna try and bust my butt and do some running at night after dinner, at least a 1/2 mile btu its so hard to get in that routine ahhhhhhh lol i hate cardio!!!!! -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
shavondec Posts: 340 Joined: 2003/11/26	2004/01/05, 06:34 PM Be careful on the cardio, you don't want to lose all that muscle that you worked so hard to get. -------------- It's not what we eat or drink occasionally, but what we consume on a daily basis that determines our ongoing level o health. formerfatguy.com Not sure of author
jenswenson Posts: 1 Joined: 2004/01/06	2004/01/06, 03:45 PM It could be the way that you are doing your ab exercises because a trainer at my gym says that if you don't breath right you are actually training your abs to stick out and therefore be rounded.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/06, 06:54 PM How old is this trainer? :>} ============ Quoting from jenswenson: It could be the way that you are doing your ab exercises because a trainer at my gym says that if you don't breath right you are actually training your abs to stick out and therefore be rounded. ============= -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/01/06, 11:40 PM inahle on the wat down exhale on the contraction thats what ur soposed to do so thats what i do -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!