Work abs every day every other day? what?

[doglips]

Ok 1st ?? Abs..for last 6 weeks my work out plan has been gym 5 days a week...again Im starting to do this.

I do 1 day heavy weight...10 reps 3 sets of 2 ab mechines and the cruch mechine...on other day do 3 sets of 50 with little or no weight.

read that abs should be worked every day...then next artical says NOT to work abs every day...u know the deal..depends on what u read.

Soo what do u all do or think?? every day...one day work them one day rest??

Same with lower back I do the Roman chair and mechine version...press back on the arm with your back...every day...do the same as abs..1 day low reps high weight..next day high reps low weight.

any recomendations?

I do a lot of physical work in my job...but even like to day jackhammering up a few feet of concret slab to fix a drain problem I do not count as exercise.

Thanks All.

[m1k3g0rd]

What exactly is your goal at this point? Abs every other day sounds crazy to me... If you're trying to lose a 'spare tire', or weight in general, no amount of ab work is going to do that. Cardio & an evenly balanced weight routine, possibly even full body workouts may be a better option.

[Stenn]

I currently do abs once a week and that seems to be enough to strengthen them so that I don't injure myself while doing other exercises like squats and barbell presses. When I do abs, I'm usually sore the next day and sometimes the day after that. So, for me, working abs 2x a week would be about as much as I could tollerate. Your milage may vary depending on how intense your workouts are.

If ever I decide to have 6-pack abs, all I'd have to do is lose about half of my body fat.

[ntrllftr]

I normally will do them 2 times a week. Usually just crunches, leg lifts and regular sit ups. Once in a while I will do the weighted machine or rope pull downs. BUT when I am dieting and preping for a show I will do them 5 times a week.

[oldsuperman]

Once a week.

Diet and cardio. Gives you abs.

[doglips]

Goal right now is to tone up...lose weight....just some how I got in my mind u werre sapose to work abs every day....one of thouse oh ok guess thats right thing....guess it was not so right.

thanks all.

[tropszzz]

If you do compounds you don't really even need to do ab specific training. Interesting handle....gl with goals dude.

[Capnwilliam]

Sit-ups, with or without weights, on chest day.

Leg raises, on back / leg day.

Jim

[britonarius]

I favour the twice a week at least idea with the abs using a mixture of crunche, sit ups and stomach vacuum.

[raffim]

Once a week.

Diet and cardio. Gives you abs.

x2

I do mine twice a week but as oldsup said, it's the diet/cardio that will make a real dif.

for me, i'm trying ot work them well now so when i cut a bit more this summer they will pop out more than if i didn't...

[Crookshanks]

I usually do 400-500 situps on my dumbell bench, every morning with my first two cups of coffee.
That's all the abs I do, except hitting them in secondary lifts.

[redweston]

I'm still looken for mine!

keeponpumpin! -red

[Hound53]

I work mine 2 or 3 times a week, obliques the same. Sometimes I do incline crunches, sometimes regular crunches with my feet up on a ball. Sometimes I hold a medicine ball when doing the crunches, other times not, sometimes I do leg lifts, or "flutter kicks" or planks. Just depends on my mood that day. Generally I do about 100 reps total of whatever exercise I chose that day.