Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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England7
England7
Posts: 8
Joined: 2002/06/20
Singapore
2002/09/06, 10:38 PM
what kind of ads exercises should i do and how many reps should i do to get fast results?
tt_rocker
tt_rocker
Posts: 389
Joined: 2001/01/25
Saudi Arabia
2002/09/07, 05:26 AM

hi,
when training you need to work out the lower, med & upper abs.. so 3 exercises is fine.
# of reps doesn't matter much, what matters most is the intensity of each rep of an ab exercise.
doing 200 fast rapid setups is not nearly as effecient as 25-30 intense ones.

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EGChic207
EGChic207
Posts: 288
Joined: 2002/03/25
United States
2002/09/07, 12:54 PM
reverse crunches i think are the most essential if your trying to trim ur wastline. Doesnt meen that this WILL trim your waistline but it influences muscle growth in that area

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Marcy
Marcy
Posts: 41
Joined: 2002/05/30
United States
2002/09/09, 10:30 AM
I think that using the stability ball when doing excercises is great. For example I feel my abs working harder if I do crunches with the ball compared to without the ball.

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EGChic207
EGChic207
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United States
2002/09/09, 08:57 PM
also dont just do 1 exercise....preform atleast 3-4 of them so you will get a kick in the abs....lol it hurts so bad but once u finnish ur set and the second u lay yourself down it feels like ur in heaven lol. thats my opinion hhahah cuz ur stomach feels so good for some reason

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Tiffany Der #10

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bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2002/09/09, 09:51 PM
And dont forget probably the most important thing, you can do ab exercises from now till eternity, but if you don't change your diet, they will never show. Diet is probably 80% of the washboard abs everyone wants.
sombo
sombo
Posts: 2
Joined: 2002/07/27
United States
2002/09/09, 11:21 PM
Looking for some advice - I know that I should have a recovery time on my workouts - does this include abs, or can I do these daily? Any thoughts or suggestions?

I am watching my diet, partaking in "good" fat, etc. and I want to make sure I am the most effective as possible.

Thanks
bb1fit
bb1fit
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United States
2002/09/09, 11:28 PM
Abs are a muscle like any other no matter what you want to think. They should be worked hard with weight a maximum of twice per week, rest in between. They need time to recouperate also. You can overtrain them as easy as any other muscle.
sombo
sombo
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Joined: 2002/07/27
United States
2002/09/09, 11:29 PM
Thank you - I will mix it up on the abs as well.

Sombo

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Quoting from bb1fit:

Abs are a muscle like any other no matter what you want to think. They should be worked hard with weight a maximum of twice per week, rest in between. They need time to recouperate also. You can overtrain them as easy as any other muscle.
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