When i flex my abs i can see my upper abs but not my lower abs, whats the differnce between upper and lower abs that means i can't see my lower abs. Is it diet or do i need to focous more on exercises specifically for the lower abs like reverse crunches. How does everybody else train their lower abs?
|
Thread: lower abs
-
04-26-2011, 08:57 AM #1
lower abs
-
04-26-2011, 09:03 AM #2
-
04-26-2011, 09:06 AM #3
-
04-26-2011, 09:09 AM #4
-
-
04-26-2011, 09:23 AM #5
I'm still not having huge luck getting my lower abs to show through, but I can definitely feel more fat over them than on my upper abs. It is all one muscle, but somehow lower leg raises really seem to target the lower half of the abs while crunches work the upper half more. All the women I've seen with killer visible lower abs have a really low bf %.
-
04-26-2011, 12:25 PM #6
-
04-26-2011, 12:28 PM #7
-
04-26-2011, 05:50 PM #8
That's actually what I'm working on - I'm just trying to gain muscle right now (I'm still really scrawny, although at least feeling more and more firm), not lose any fat. My bf is good (not as low as you might think from stats though, I have weirdly narrow shoulders/ribs), but I can tell there are local deposits over certain areas (like the lower abs). Still, in my case, at this stage it's muscle I need, not fat reduction.
-
-
04-27-2011, 01:31 PM #9
-
04-27-2011, 04:44 PM #10
-
04-28-2011, 08:39 PM #11
-
05-10-2011, 10:47 AM #12
This feels like a dumb question but...what is up with the hanging leg raises? I tried them for the first time ever yesterday, and i must have been doing them wrong because i felt absolutely nothing in my abs or anywhere else for that matter. I just hung from the pullup bar and brought my knees up toward my chest, back down and repeat...is this correct???
-
-
05-10-2011, 03:45 PM #13
-
05-10-2011, 03:54 PM #14
-
05-11-2011, 08:48 AM #15
-
05-11-2011, 09:21 AM #16
exactly what the above posters said. hang from the pull up bar completely still. keep your legs straight (slightly bent at the knees is fine) and bring your legs up as if you are going into a pike position. it's hard to hold your body still from swinging as you bring your legs up. slow and control is key as well.
i don't go as high as that, i go to til i make an L with my body. as you can see, he is completely still.
great way to practice before going straight to the pull up bar (which has worked for me) is using the roman chair, doing decline bench leg raises, and just flat bench leg raises.
-
-
04-27-2016, 05:13 PM #17
You must've been using your momentum and swinging yourself rather than lifting with tour abs you were using your legs. Try to literally forget your legs are part of your body and engage your core to really lift with your abs, and do it as slow as can be controlled hold the rep for 2 seconds come back down slow for 4 seconds and you should feel them, if not use weights inbetween your feet or ankle weights. Hope this helps
-
04-27-2016, 05:15 PM #18
- Join Date: Jun 2012
- Location: New Jersey, United States
- Posts: 21,554
- Rep Power: 119069
-
04-28-2016, 07:28 AM #19
-
04-28-2016, 05:34 PM #20
- Join Date: Jun 2007
- Location: New York, United States
- Age: 48
- Posts: 1,060
- Rep Power: 3843
instagram: @mackitten
cats ;) instagram: @khanthebengal
Currently running PR Bulgarian Method template
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=170583541&p=1425289591&viewfull=1#post1425289591
Log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=170108803&pagenumber=
You think you know ... what's to come ... what you are. You haven't even begun.
-
-
04-29-2016, 08:14 AM #21
-
04-29-2016, 09:17 AM #22
OP if you train your abs at all then you have lower abs as much as upper abs. Most people hold more fat on the lower part of their belly than in the upper, which explains why you are more likely to see your upper abs than the lower.
Follow my 2018 competition prep here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=175566421&p=1547462721#post1547462721
-
05-02-2016, 12:13 PM #23
Similar Threads
-
Spot Problem with Lower Abs
By thegift711 in forum Workout ProgramsReplies: 8Last Post: 12-09-2015, 03:07 PM -
Lower Abs
By sahlegia2000 in forum Workout ProgramsReplies: 4Last Post: 12-09-2015, 01:30 PM -
lower abs
By mass in forum Teen BodybuildingReplies: 3Last Post: 12-09-2015, 01:29 PM -
Lower Abs
By GettinRipt in forum ExercisesReplies: 12Last Post: 12-09-2015, 01:29 PM -
lower abs
By SteveB in forum Teen BodybuildingReplies: 44Last Post: 12-09-2015, 01:27 PM
Bookmarks