Do I really have to do Ab exercise?

[ajrobin]

While most people obsess over ab exercise-- I hate it! I have been trying to clean up my eating & have been doing lots of weight training, which works abs-- do I really have to isolate these to get a sweet looking belly? I HATE AB WORK, IT'S SO BORING!

[Megin]

Nope, you don't HAVE to directly do ab exercises. In fact, if you don't have the right form, they are completely uselsess. There are numerous exercises that hit the abs suficiently. Deep sumo squats will hit the lower abs really well and when doing shoulder exercises, your abs should be contracted. You just have to focus on bringing your abs into your other work outs and as long as you eat clean and get some good cardio in there, you should be fine.
That being said, every once and a while, doing a few good focused ab work couldn't hurt, right?

[ajrobin]

That being said, every once and a while, doing a few good focused ab work couldn't hurt, right?

OH!! It hurts. I hate hate hate abs.

[terracotta]

OH!! It hurts. I hate hate hate abs.

lol.. make sure you get some heavy deadlifts, heavy squats and heavy military press (that is a standing bb shoulder press) in and your abs will be fine.