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lalababy Posts: 37 Joined: 2002/06/12	2002/12/29, 09:30 PM should you change your workouts with your abs every so often just like the other muscle groups, or is it okay to do the same thing? also.. i want my waist to be smaller and slimmer, and i know that diet is important, but what exercises can i do to get a smaller, slimmer waist??
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2002/12/29, 09:45 PM I have found out just recently that changing my workouts sends a message to new muscles. I was doing the same exercises each week on my abs and frankly it was just getting boring. I could do 100 crunches with the bench declined to the floor and not feel a thing. I had my husband put weights on my stomach and they just felt like they were going to fall so I was concentrating on the weights and not the abs. I switched this week to the ab machine at the gym and wow, I can feel it again. I started out at 50lbs resistance and I am working my way up. Also changed my leg raises to hanging leg lifts, gave those lower abs a shock and it didn't hurt my back. Best of luck to you.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/12/29, 11:24 PM Good info you gave sandysford....this is true with all muscle groups. There seems to be some misconception about abs, like you can do them every day. I think the media is much responsible for this, with their advertisements for everything in the world that works abs. They are a muscle like any other. -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
lalababy Posts: 37 Joined: 2002/06/12	2002/12/31, 09:15 PM yeah.. i mean i know that you aren't suppose to exercise your abs by doing like 100 crunches, they need rest too.. but what are some slimming exercises to get a smaller waist?