Ab workouts

[SteveO]

An age old question I'm sure, but what are some good ab workouts and a good diet to go with it, and how long would it take to see results? I'm trying to get in better shape overall. Anything that I can do without buying some sort of gimmicky equipment would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[younghypnotiq]

dead lifts, sqauat, ball drop. thats all i do and i can take body shots easily

[Relentless]

dont just work your abs, work the core as a whole, lower back, obliques, rotational strength, abs they are all needed, you cant just be working one muscle group out of the whole core there will be a higher chance of injury.

[SteveO]

dont just work your abs, work the core as a whole, lower back, obliques, rotational strength, abs they are all needed, you cant just be working one muscle group out of the whole core there will be a higher chance of injury.

Very good point. It's just when your carrying a little more fat around the midsection than one would like to (like me :D) it's easy to get suckered into just focusing on that muscle group.

[Relentless]

as for exercises if you haven't got weights go for back extensions, supermans, bicycle crunches, L sits, v ups, russian twists, the plank.... there are many more.

the way i work the core is i choose 2 very hard exercises and do them on their own and then choose 3 or 4 easier ones (bicycle crunches, v ups and superman etc) and perform them as a circuit one after another and then take a minute rest and repeat it 4 or 5 more times.

[MrSmall]

Judging by the way you asked, I expect you want 6-pack abs for that summer beach season, eh?
Even though this is a boxing forum, I'll help before you get nailed to the wall.

Visible abs are from low body fat, which comes from good healthy eating, and lots of cardio. Cardio being, skipping rope, running, swimming. Abdominal exercises have less effect on visible abs than cardio does.

You can see results in.. 6 weeks, if you eat CLEAN, run/swim/skip everyday (eg: lose bodyfat! If you chop wood for a living, fair enough). Depends how fat you are.

Low quality reply, but it was what you were after.

Edit: The real way to get stronger abs, is compound weight lifts, medicine ball hits, situps and variations, and remmeber to work the BACK as well, but I can't really be bothered to go into that.

[younghypnotiq]

i agree mr small 100%. also if you lift weights consistently3-4x a week
you dont have to do much for the core or you will over work it. Deadlifts and squats frye your core.

[SteveO]

Judging by the way you asked, I expect you want 6-pack abs for that summer beach season, eh?
Even though this is a boxing forum, I'll help before you get nailed to the wall.

Visible abs are from low body fat, which comes from good healthy eating, and lots of cardio. Cardio being, skipping rope, running, swimming. Abdominal exercises have less effect on visible abs than cardio does.

You can see results in.. 6 weeks, if you eat CLEAN, run/swim/skip everyday (eg: lose bodyfat! If you chop wood for a living, fair enough).

Low quality reply, but it was what you were after.

Edit: The real way to get stronger abs, is compound weight lifts, medicine ball hits, situps and variations, and remmeber to work the BACK as well.

I appreciate it. No, not for reasons of vanity. I'm just trying to become a better athlete and become more fit. Not just for now, but for later in life. I'm 21 and after spending much of teens pigging out on junk food in front of the TV and smoking a pack and a half a day, I've worked my way down from about 190 to 145 over a few years and I'm just trying to take myself to the next level. And what would be some good back exercises? I don't want to over look those.

[younghypnotiq]

Deadlifts.

[younghypnotiq]

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[Relentless]

Deadlifts.

yes we heard the first time now stop being such an attention whore.

[younghypnotiq]

im not being an attention whore. did you see the link?

[yung-gun1]

try dragon flags

[Nwil]

yougnhypnotiq[/B]"]Deadlifts and squats frye your core.

deadlifts only "frye" your lower back; I rarely ever felt it in my abs. And squats?....

[Relentless]

deadlifts only "frye" your lower back; I rarely ever felt it in my abs. And squats?....

frye????

core doesn't mean abs, and yes squats do work a part of the core (again the lower back))

[younghypnotiq]

and the abs just because you dont feel them doesnt mean its not working. the abs are stabilizer muscles in squat or else you would just bend the abs allow yo0u to keep your back straight

[Diomedes]

frye????
I;m guessing that when you Frye your abs, it's when they begin to approach the sheer manliness of Don Frye.

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