Does flexing your abs give them a workout?
I was flexing my abs yesterday and I've heard it's good for them, I woke up this morning and they're sore as hell, more sore than they are when I do actually work them out.
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09-08-2007, 03:18 PM #1Registered User
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Does flexing your abs give them a workout?
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09-08-2007, 03:21 PM #2The BACKMAN
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Not necessarily a "workout," but it would stress them. Similarly, a stomach vacuum can work the midsection as well.
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09-08-2007, 03:22 PM #3Praise God!
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09-08-2007, 03:23 PM #4Registered User
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stress them? eeek...is that not good? :/
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09-08-2007, 03:25 PM #5The BACKMAN
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You're "stressing" your muscles every time you work out.Originally Posted by DMBsAmricanBaby
Bodybuilding is 60% training and 50% diet. Yes that adds up to 110%, because that's what you should be giving it. Change the inside, and the physique will follow.
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09-08-2007, 03:27 PM #6Registered User
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ook, so in a way I did give them a workout in a way? I was going to work them out today but they're way too sore so I guess I'll skip that today.
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09-08-2007, 03:31 PM #7The BACKMAN
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Yes.Originally Posted by DMBsAmricanBaby
You don't have to skip the workout though, unless you feel you need rest.Bodybuilding is 60% training and 50% diet. Yes that adds up to 110%, because that's what you should be giving it. Change the inside, and the physique will follow.
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09-08-2007, 03:37 PM #8Registered User
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alrighty, thanks alot for the help, I think I'll just wait til tomorrow, they're too sore today.
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09-08-2007, 03:38 PM #9RAPBAK THANKS FOR READING
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this would apply to all muscles of the body.
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09-08-2007, 03:41 PM #10Registered User
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if muscles could grow big from flexing them for prolonged periods of time everyone would be huge...
i would stick to weighted exercises for the moment. you probably got a pretty good pump as well, along with your soreness. you can do 100 dumbell curls with 2kg and get an insane pump and probably be sore as hell the next day, but you probably wont see any growth whatsoever...
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09-08-2007, 04:00 PM #11Registered User
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I wasn't saying I was thinking this was an easy way out of working them out, I was just wondering if this was like working them out because I wanted to work them out today but they're too sore so I don't want to overtrain them or stress them out too bad...thanks for the help though fellas.
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09-08-2007, 04:09 PM #12DYSFUNCTIONAL strength
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look at the shape of your abs. they are designed primarily to brace, not to flex. well let me explain, they are obviously meant to flex, but are strongest in preventing the spine from hyperextension, as in leaning backwards, as opposed to "crunching forward" as is so popular in the gym. look at the "6 pack" it is much like a cargo net, which is natures intelligent design. the abs start out "wide and long" and when you flex they crunch in and ball up. flexing is not superior to actual bracing against resistance but it could make you sore in that area simply from TVA activation.
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