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a GOOD abs question...

redgrocer Posts: 34 Joined: 2005/06/26	2007/04/20, 11:59 AM im 5ft 11" my weight is 150lbs my bodyfat is between 8-9% however, only my UPPER abs are showing. So my question is....should i focus on reducing my bodyfat % further...say to around 6%, or should i put more work into training my lower abs? im only asking this because i can already FEEL muscle in my lower abs, i just cant see them. which would be the quickest way of seeing the change im looking for?
fouts Posts: 156 Joined: 2003/09/03	2007/04/20, 12:13 PM Try putting more work into training your entire body.
redgrocer Posts: 34 Joined: 2005/06/26	2007/04/20, 12:17 PM anyone else?
fouts Posts: 156 Joined: 2003/09/03	2007/04/20, 12:27 PM Seriously, training your entire body will tighten it up (abs too) and some compound lifts hit your abs just as good if not better than sit-ups. Spot reduction does not work.
ecle5c Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/07/10	2007/04/20, 02:12 PM At that weight and body fat if you can't see them then you need to build them up. Crunches and situps are great, but compound lifts like deadlifts and squats do a lot more work towards your core than you may think.
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2007/04/21, 08:50 AM and add weight to your ab workouts, that will build them up also. What method are you using to determine your bodyfat? -------------- Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. Thomas Carlyle
SFGiantsMVP Posts: 1,533 Joined: 2005/12/04	2007/04/21, 03:00 PM I'm going to bet your way off wrong about where your BF% is. -------------- Knock-Um Down & Keep-Um Down!
redgrocer Posts: 34 Joined: 2005/06/26	2007/04/22, 12:48 AM i've been using the freetrainers calculator to determine my bodyfat, aswell as 2 other sites i found on google...
	2007/04/22, 04:14 AM I 2nd your bf is probably way off....those sites are a garbage method of testing bf...your bodyfat maybe as high as 15 in reality.... Heavy Deadlifts and Squats are great at working abs/trunk. I like heavy standing rope crunches/twists on pulldown station.....