Hi, i'm a sucker for this particular part of abs (MARKED RED).. some people have them developed a lot. i love that and would love mine to pop out like this...
i know usually swimmer have this developed well, it has something to do with rotating in water all the time.
So what would it be?
Lifting legs? side cable crunch? but wouldn't it be side (where love handles) obliques more? I'm interested in this lower V particularly.
Another one i know is while you are sitting, you have heavy ball in your hands and you put it behind the back, then you turn around and grab it, and put it back, etc, etc.
I assume it should be a lot of weight to make that muscle grow, but at the same time i don't want a watermelon stomach.
Of course its also about genes and dieting.
thx for the tips!
I currently developed this thing for aesthetics of a body, where I'm looking for definition and overall fit body... not just giagantic pecs and lats.... Forearms, calves, abs - proportional amount of muscles all over the body.
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02-06-2008, 05:04 AM #1
Target exercises for oblique V lower abs?
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the ligament only marks the point at which the muscle is pinched in toward the body. if you don't have enough muscle mass above the ligament, then nothing will protrude and the line of separation that the ligament creates will not be visible. likewise, it will not be visible if your bf% is too high, but the appearance of the v cut is not determined solely by the ligament, but also by the muscles above it which make it noticeable.
with that in mind, work obliques and lower abs, and lower bf% until you get it.finally got back into the weight room today to see where I'm at a lil over a week from the injury. I got good and warm before attempting anything, but I noticed in certain lifts I had to pay extra attention to keep from crapping myself...
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http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...h_to_crunching
Read this article.
There is a swiss ball exercise (hands on ground in push up position, feet on ball) where you take feet to side and return them to ball which hits lower obliques well
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There are no such things are lower or upper abs. Its just one muscle:
http://www.goodmooddiet.com/articles...cle_just_a.php
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You're making the same argument as the people who say that incline bench does nothing for your upper chest.
Yes, your muscles contract equally when performing a movement. The points where the weight causes the most tension, however, change depending on angle.
When you are lifting your legs up, your lower abs are the fulcrum. When you are doing normal crunches, it's more in your upper abs.
However, you are correct in saying that the muscle more or less contracts evenly.
Edit: Oh, and, not to discredit people with degrees, but: http://www.goodmooddiet.com/our-experts/
LOOK AT THEM. The woman writing the article, in particular, looks like she has never set foot in a gym. It's one thing to realize that a muscle contracts evenly, and another to actually go do it and notice the tension changing depending on the way an exercise is performed.
Hypertrophy doesn't happen from contractions; it happens from micro-trauma. If what she is saying were true, you could simply flex your muscles for six sets of eight and get gains identical to those of a person going to the gym and lifting weights.Last edited by musicality213; 11-22-2009 at 11:04 PM.
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i'm apple shaped by design I think. These have helped ALOT.
No such thing as spot reduction but I've noticed a tremendous difference after a week.
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