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What is best for abs??

Muso Posts: 30 Joined: 2003/10/29	2004/01/10, 08:01 PM What is the best way to get bigger good looking abs???
shavondec Posts: 340 Joined: 2003/11/26	2004/01/10, 08:03 PM sign up for the ab work-out here at freetrainers. You'll get great results -------------- 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
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/10, 09:31 PM Work them like any other muscle, with resistance, good nutrition and rest. No real secret, no magic exercises. Some exercises are of course better than others, upper pulley cable crunches, weighted crunches, weighted leg raises, etc. The idea is to use weight to work them to develope the muscle like you would any other. Twice, three times per week max. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
dhurt55 Posts: 93 Joined: 2004/01/02	2004/01/11, 12:08 PM Hardwork, proper nutrition, rest, and cardio! Abs take time! Just gotta keep working... -------------- "Without Pains, there come no Gains" -Benjamin Franklin
esmuva06 Posts: 57 Joined: 2003/11/10	2004/01/11, 05:58 PM for me, its variety in what i do... also some people like to do them every day...i prefer 3 times a week... diet with cardio is the most important part of them though, everyone has abs to some degree
laneylou Posts: 277 Joined: 2003/10/21	2004/01/12, 12:15 AM I wanted to ask you guys a question about abs. I read somewhere the other day it might have been on here or in a magazine or something. I've always done my scrunches with my hands behind my head and my legs bent with feet flat on the floor. I think it was prevention magazine or something like that said you should always lay flat on your back, bend your knees to where your feet are right beside your rear end, and always keep your hands on your waist to lift up, never put them behind your neck because all you'll do is strain your neck instead of working your abs. Is that true? And did I read that on here or was that in my magazine ? hehehe I have a short term memory but it's only short term on some things. ;) hehehe
agamble Posts: 1,029 Joined: 2003/09/22	2004/01/12, 10:15 AM If you pull with your hands you will. Many people pull their neck in an effort to help with the crunch, not realizing that they are doing it. You should start with your hands across the chest. Later you can put your hands behind your head to add a greater degree of dfficulty. Better yet, I find that if I put my hands right by my ears (like I am covering my ears) it adds the difficulty without having the tendency to pull at my neck. I had a sore neck for several weeks and couldn't figure it out. Sure enough that was the problem. With that adjustment I eliminated my problem.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/12, 10:21 AM Try putting a weight on your chest, and crossing your arms over it. This will add resistance, and also prevent the neck pulling. Agamble is exactly correct in his analysis of folks pulling with their hands in an attempt to help out, be it unconciously. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
laneylou Posts: 277 Joined: 2003/10/21	2004/01/12, 11:05 AM Coolness. :) Thankies guys!