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2005/02/07, 09:07 AM
Ok I know there is tons of stuff about abs but I got another question. :) I wanna lose about 15 lbs to get to my ideal slim/toned self. I also want abs (girl abs). I know I have to lose the extra lbs first but I do ab exerices now anyway to build up the muscle underneath. Heres what I do 3 days a week. 50 crunches on exercise ball, 30 reverse crunches, 30 bicycle crunches, 30 (per side) side crunches. Besides my eating right and doing cardio (I do other weight training aswell) I was wondering if you had any more suggestions. Also when my fat is cut since I have been developing these muscles are they gonna show?
thanks, shana
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2005/02/07, 09:09 AM
Once you are lean, they should show - can you feel them when you flex them? You may want to switch one day of ab work to some weighted work/lower reps. Hold a medicine ball or dumbbell over your chest while doing swiss ball crunches, or a med ball between your kness for reverse curls, or do cable crunches, etc. This will help build the muscles up as opposed to building endurance in the muscles.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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2005/02/07, 10:19 AM
thanks asimmer. lol yeah I'm still recovering from leg surgery they just had to replace a rod in my phemor because it was alittle crooked. That dosen't mean I can't workout! The only thing that has been recommended for me not to do (besides running lol) is to work out on the abductor or adductor machines. Now I use a resistance band for those but that is mostly for small gains and making it so I can walk compltetly straight w/o a crutch again :)
Back to abs..Oh yeah I can definetly feel them, I have the line you get when you start developing them but it dosen't even reach my belly button yet :(
btw whats reverse curls?
shana
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