How often do you work your abs?

[darthsith19]

I'm wondering how foten everybody works their abs. I have heard of people working their abs everyday before. Sorry if this is a noob question but shouldn't you let your abs rest or is it okay to work them everyday? If every day sounds bad, is every other day good?


Thanks for the help.

[BIG-BAD-JOHN]

no u

[darthsith19]

no u

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Word of advice: Don't post when your too drunk to walk!

[The_Club]

3x a week

[LukeN.Good]

I usually train them every other day. Pretty small muscle group, quick recovery.

[The_Source]

twice a week does it for me.

[9chimaira0x]

normally i would do em every other day. except ive been lazy on that muscle group so i only hit em MAYBE once a week, if not less. very bad i know...

[Alexandre76]

havent worked my abs in almost two years

[Polo_Playa]

i work them every other (when im not lazy) unless they still sore, then i take an extra rest day.

FYI... Abs are a very large muscle group... bicep is a small muscle, abs cover you entire ABdomen... soo... ya...

[Supercows]

usually not at all, its good to have a strong core though, the females like them too, but i wouldnt worry about it if youre not playing a sport, abstinant, or a male prostitute.. the first thing people see are your arms..

[Supercows]

And guess what month it is.. you don't see many people running around topless in the wintertime..

[ironpump22]

every other day works best for me

[TheIronOwl]

4x per week in one form or another.

[piszczel]

Abs are endurance muscles, you can work them everyday.

That being said, I only do few sets a week for abs. I absolutely despise working abs, even though I know strong core is needed for big deadlift/squat.

[incubus08]

I oddly neglect abs, they don't really fit into any day so I usually end up forgetting them, haven't worked them since like last week.

[someonefat]

waste of time to work them a lot, they are there if I diet enough.

[SpartanSim]

Once every 2 weeks

hardly need to do it cos im an ecto so they show through with minor effort

[SuperMate]

every 3rd day

[aussie_chunky]

Never work abs, they are huge though, my heavy deadlifts and squats always seem to work them more then enough, although I am going to start working them once or twice a week in the hopes of Upping my deadlift.

[MystikalDesigns]

I work them everyday, they recover fast as hell so no need to worry about over-doing it. Some people can't be assed doing it everyday but nothing comes easy

[dvbuilder]

if you can do abs everyday, it means you need to learn how to workout, cos you're not doing them hard enough..

personally once a week, but could do 2x a week if I cared about abs

[Energetical]

2 - 3 times a week for me,

[Loswaldo]

I'm not worried about abs during the winter. Just do the occaisional core workout to help with my compound lifts other than that nothing else really.

[Sem213]

Once every 5-6 days with my leg workout.
It is not that you are really going to see them while bulking.
Maybe when I start cutting (which will take a while) I increase it, but for now this is plenty.

[76Vilano]

For me I do it about 4 times a week.
On Mondays I do exercises that focus more on the lower abs and than Tuesday more the obliques and Wednesday more of the upper abs and than on Friday I do one exercise for all 3....

Seems to be working but I just gotta loose a little weight to see the real effects but there still visible and progress is coming.

[katarina7]

I'm wondering how foten everybody works their abs. I have heard of people working their abs everyday before. Sorry if this is a noob question but shouldn't you let your abs rest or is it okay to work them everyday? If every day sounds bad, is every other day good?


Thanks for the help.

3-4 times a week

[st3v3]

Never

[squat4speed]

2x a week directly
3x a week non direct

[jacobbushong]

It depends on the results you want just like anything else. In response to the posts above this one as well as the original question, this is what I have to say.

Abs is a small muscle group, it is large on the surface but thin. When you measure a muscle group by weight it is one of the smallest, with glutes/hamstrings/quads being the biggest.

Lifters will typically contend that the smaller the muscle group the more often it can be worked due to the makeup of fast-twitch versus slow-twitch fibers. For instance legs can't be worked as often as abs due to the composition and the amount of strain it puts on your body to do a heavy leg day.

Another interesting thing in these posts is when people say they don't work abs during bulking phases or in the winter time. Why would you stop training a muscle group just because it will be tucked away? That's like saying 'I just got a job where I have to wear pants, so I'm not doing legs anymore'. Furthermore the point of a bulking phase is that you up your calories so you can facilitate the building of muscle. Why would you only work abs when you are in a calorie deficit for a cutting phase?

Alright I've rambled long enough.

[darkstar3926]

weighted abs twice a week. like destroy them.