I do a 4 day split and currently workout abs every other time I workout......... and I workout 4 to 5 times a week with the other being rest days.....also do 4 sets of weighted situps and some other stuff
I have had good gains but j/w if I will have better gains by not working them as much?
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10-23-2002, 12:17 PM #1
How many times should I work out abs a week?
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10-23-2002, 12:20 PM #2Registered User
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try working them only once a week, it needs time to heal like everything else. best bet is you're working them while ure working other parts so u can even do them once every other week.
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10-23-2002, 12:20 PM #3Registered User
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Once a week. Twice at the most.
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10-23-2002, 12:39 PM #4Registered User
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every other day is good, thats wut i do. It works 4 me.
your muscle can recover in 48 hours as long as you have a good diet.
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10-23-2002, 01:39 PM #5Registered User
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work them the same way working other muscles works for you. They aren't magical.
weight training is the easiest thing to understand and the hardest to actually implement. - Dr. Ken Leistner
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10-23-2002, 02:02 PM #6Train smarter not harder
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if you're training them to get them to show, none, it's a wate of time
if you're training them to strengthen them then only onceBooo
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10-23-2002, 02:03 PM #7The Physique Architect
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O really mr. genius...and just what scientific evidence do you have to back this up with? Really...do tell.Originally posted by MR.BIGpecs
every other day is good, thats wut i do. It works 4 me.
your muscle can recover in 48 hours as long as you have a good diet.
Peace
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10-23-2002, 02:07 PM #8Train smarter not harder
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Originally posted by MR.BIGpecs
every other day is good, thats wut i do. It works 4 me.
your muscle can recover in 48 hours as long as you have a good diet.
somebody needs to buy 'Amusclehead's Body Building Guide for the Average Person'.
*coughh *hint-> YOU* *cough* 
Booo
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10-23-2002, 02:09 PM #9Registered User
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once or twice per week is more than enough.
take a look at pictures of my abs, I hardly ever do abs. Maybe like once every 2 weeks i'll fool around and do some leg raises. If your bodyfat is low enough even the most untrained muscles will look refined. training abs is just unneccessary nervous system stress that takes away time from squats.No one ever says, "It's only a game" when their team is winning.
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10-23-2002, 02:13 PM #10Registered User
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twice weekly
I agree with HeMan-Rules once to twice a week, probably twice a week, they need to recover just like any other muscle,
Darkhead
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10-23-2002, 02:22 PM #11Registered User
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It really does depend.
If you're doing hardcore balls to the wall weighted exercises that make it hurt to sit down, then stay with once.
If you're just doing standard crunches, then you'll get away with twice I think.
Tom"In times of change the learners inherit the world whereas the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." - Geoff Hofer
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10-23-2002, 03:14 PM #12Registered User
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i do abs once a week and that feels just about right you dont want to overtrain its just another muscle it dosent help them show though but they will be nice and tight
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10-23-2002, 03:27 PM #13Registered User
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i work them out once or twice a week, nothing over that.
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